twenty-four seven

adverb

Twenty four hours per day, seven days per week, designating a round-the-clock service, typically including holidays, as might be offered by a supermarket, ATM, gas station, concierge service or manned data center.

“Near-synonyms: twenty-four hours a day, round the clock”

Meanings

adverbtwenty-four seven (not comparable)

alternative 24/7 · alternative 24-7 · alternative twenty-four/seven

  1. not comparableTwenty four hours per day, seven days per week, designating a round-the-clock service, typically including holidays, as might be offered by a supermarket, ATM, gas station, concierge service or manned data center.

    Near-synonyms: twenty-four hours a day, round the clock

    1 more example

    They're open twenty-four seven; you can go there any time you want.

    Synonyms: all the time, constantly, continuously, non-stop, nonstop, unceasingly, unstoppingly, twenty-four hours a day

  2. colloquialfigurativelynot comparableoftenConstantly, with little or no interruption; continually; very often.

    I'm ready to skydive twenty-four seven. [⁠nonliteral, hyperbolic⁠]

    1 more example

    My girlfriend's jealous 'cause I talk about you twenty-four seven

    2000, “Stan”, in Eminem (music), The Marshall Mathers LP

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTwenty four hours per day, seven days per week, designating a round-the-clock service, typically including holidays, as might be offered by a supermarket, ATM, gas station, concierge service or manned data center.

Origin

Shortened from twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

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Translations

Arabic عَلَى الدَّوامِ
  • عَلَى الدَّوامِ (ʕalā d-dawāmi)constantly
Bulgarian двадесет и четири-седем, двайсет и четири седем
  • двадесет и четири-седем (dvadeset i četiri-sedem)constantly
  • двайсет и четири седем (dvajset i četiri sedem)constantly
Chinese Mandarin 全天候, 一週7天,每天24小時 /一周7天
  • 全天候 (quántiānhòu)constantly
  • 一週7天,每天24小時 /一周7天constantly
  • 每天24小时 (yīzhōu qī tiān, měitiān èrshísì xiǎoshí)constantly
Dutch vierentwintig uur op vierentwintig, zeven dagen op zeven
  • vierentwintig uur op vierentwintigconstantly
  • zeven dagen op zevenconstantly
  • vierentwintig uur per dagconstantly
  • eenmaal vierentwintig uurconstantly
  • dag en nachtconstantly
Finnish kaksikymmentäneljä seitsemän
  • kaksikymmentäneljä seitsemänconstantly
French vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre, sept jours sur sept
  • vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre, sept jours sur septconstantly
Italian tutti i giorni 24 ore su 24, tutti i giorni ventiquatt'ore su ventiquattro
  • tutti i giorni 24 ore su 24constantly
  • tutti i giorni ventiquatt'ore su ventiquattroconstantly
Polish dwadzieścia cztery na dobę, dwadzieścia cztery godziny na dobę
  • dwadzieścia cztery na dobęconstantly
  • dwadzieścia cztery godziny na dobęconstantly
  • siedem dni w tygodniuconstantly
Portuguese todo dia, o dia todo
  • todo diaconstantly
  • o dia todoconstantly
  • o dia inteiroconstantly
Russian два́дцать четы́ре часа́ в су́тки, семь дней в неде́лю, двадцать четыре на семь
  • два́дцать четы́ре часа́ в су́тки, семь дней в неде́лю (dvádcatʹ četýre časá v sútki, semʹ dnej v nedélju)constantly
  • двадцать четыре на семь (dvadcatʹ četyre na semʹ)constantly
Swedish dygnet runt
  • dygnet runtconstantly
Vietnamese 24 trên 7, hai mươi tư trên bảy
  • 24 trên 7constantly
  • hai mươi tư trên bảyconstantly
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Chicago

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