Meanings
alternative 24/7 · alternative 24-7 · alternative twenty-four/seven
- 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
- 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.
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
twenty-four seven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-four%20seven
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