Night - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |naɪt|  American pronunciation of the word night
Brit.  |naɪt|  British pronunciation of the word night

noun

- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside (syn: dark, nighttime)
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- the period spent sleeping
I had a restless night
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
three nights later he collapsed
- darkness
it vanished into the night
- a shortening of nightfall
they worked from morning to night
- the time between sunset and midnight
he watched television every night
- Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Extra examples

Who are you calling at this time of night?

It's eleven o'clock at night.

She and her husband both work at night and sleep during the day.

The store's open all night.

They were up all night long playing video games.

Let's stop for the night and get a hotel.

A cold, rainy night in the city

I stayed up late five nights in a row.

Last night, I had the strangest dream.

Spend six nights and seven days on a tropical island in the Caribbean!

He is taking a night flight.

A night manager at the supermarket

This is the last night bus.

London by night

We spent a restless night waiting for news.

Word forms

noun
singular: night
plural: nights
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