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The 11th Hour, a 1999 Canadian sketch comedy show on CBC starring Nancy Robertson and Ian Boothby The 11th Hour , a 2016 American newscast on MSNBC initially anchored by Brian Williams The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series) , a 1962–1964 American medical drama that aired on NBC
In the United Kingdom and other countries within the Commonwealth, a two-minute silence is observed as part of Remembrance Day to remember those who died in conflict. Held each year at 11:00 am on 11 November, the silence coincides with the time in 1918 at which the First World War came to an end with the cessation of hostilities, and is generally observed at war memorials and in public places ...
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
The Armistice was agreed upon at 5:00 a.m. on 11 November 1918, to come into effect at 11:00 a.m. CET, [32] [33] for which reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". Signatures were made, depending on the source of information, between 5:00 a.m. and 5:45 a.m., CET.
The 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language . The following year, in 1807, Webster began two consecutive decades of intensive work to expand his publication into a fully comprehensive dictionary, An American Dictionary of the ...
Ruhle, the host of MSNBC's "11th Hour" nightly wrap-up show, recalled how she managed to get Trump on the phone immediately in late October.
Being one hour before 12:00, the eleventh hour means the last possible moment to take care of something, and often implies a situation of urgent danger or emergency (see Doomsday clock). "The eleventh hour" is a phrase in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in the Bible.
For various reasons, individuals are known to attribute significance to dates and numbers. One notable example is the significance given to "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month," which corresponds to 11:00 a.m. (Paris time) on 11 November 1918. It marks the moment when the armistice ending World War I took effect. [9]