Meanings
- not comparableContinuous; incessant; without interruption; all day long, 24 hours per day; nonstop: from the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around.
They are protected by round-the-clock guards.
1 more example
My correspondent should enquire what it is that prompts the continuous building, even in Great Britain, with the disadvantage of imported fuel, of diesel shunters: it is, of course, continuous "round-the-clock" availability.
1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 12Synonyms: around-the-clock
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveContinuous; incessant; without interruption; all day long, 24 hours per day; nonstop: from the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveat all times
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian целодне́вен
- целодне́вен (celodnéven)all day long
Czech celodenní
- celodenníall day long
Finnish ympärivuorokautinen
- ympärivuorokautinenall day long
German vierundzwanzigstündig
- vierundzwanzigstündigall day long
Hungarian folytonos, állandó
- folytonosall day long
- állandóall day long
- a nap huszonnégy órájában működőall day long
Polish całodobowy, dwudziestoczterogodzinny
- całodobowyall day long
- dwudziestoczterogodzinnyall day long
Russian круглосу́точный
- круглосу́точный (kruglosútočnyj)all day long
Ukrainian цілодобови́й
- цілодобови́й (cilodobovýj)all day long
Vietnamese suốt ngày đêm
- suốt ngày đêmall day long
Cite this entry
round-the-clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round-the-clock
“round-the-clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round-the-clock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “round-the-clock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round-the-clock.
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