24-hour
adjective[before noun]
ukus(alsotwenty-four hour)openoravailablealldayand allnightwithoutclosingorstopping:
Sharetradingis now a 24-hourindustry.
a24-houremergencyline/helpline/hotline
Responding tomarketpressure, they areoffering24-hourfreetelephoneaccess.
Herecallsthescepticismthatgreetedthenotionof 24-houropeningfor USsupermarkets.
relatingto oneday, orhappeningonly on oneday:
Theservicecan only be usedoncein a 24-hourperiod.
a 24-hour stoppage/strikeUnifiedstrikeactionspreadover three twenty-fourhourstoppages.
See also
24-hour clock
24-hour society