night

[ nahyt ]

/ naɪt /

noun

the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

the beginning of this period; nightfall.

the darkness of night; the dark.

a condition or time of obscurity, ignorance, sinfulness, misfortune, etc.: the long night of European history known as the Dark Ages.

(sometimes initial capital letter) an evening used or set aside for a particular event, celebration, or other special purpose: a night on the town; poker night; New Year's Night.

adjective

of or relating to night: the night hours.

occurring, appearing, or seen at night: a night raid; a night bloomer.

used or designed to be used at night: to take a night coach; the night entrance.

working at night: night nurse; the night shift.

active at night: the night feeders of the jungle.

Idioms for night

night and day,

unceasingly; continually: She worked night and day until the job was done.
a complete difference; completely different: The improvement in her grades after tutoring was like night and day.

Also day and night.

Origin of night

before 900; Middle English; Old English niht, neaht, cognate with German Nacht, Gothic nahts, Latin nox (stem noct-), Greek nýx (stem nykt-)

OTHER WORDS FROM night

night·less, adjective night·less·ly, adverb night·like, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH night

knight night

Words nearby night

nigger heaven, nigger of the narcissus, the, niggle, niggling, nigh, night, night and day, night blindness, night bolt, night coach, night court

Example sentences from the Web for night

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As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.

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On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.

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Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.

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“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.

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Then he paid some buksheesh (reward) to the night watchman and came home.

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I shall only forge at night; and the building is out of the world, and wedged in, out of sight, between two bleak hills.

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I met the Ohio statesman one morning at breakfast, after hearing him the night before.

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She moaned and wept and refused all comfort, until one night she closed her eyes on the world which had been so harsh and bitter.

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They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.'

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British Dictionary definitions for night

night

/ (naɪt) /

noun

the period of darkness each 24 hours between sunset and sunrise, as distinct from day

(modifier) of, occurring, working, etc, at night a night nurse

the occurrence of this period considered as a unit four nights later they left

the period between sunset and retiring to bed; evening

the time between bedtime and morning she spent the night alone

the weather conditions of the night a clear night

the activity or experience of a person during a night

(sometimes capital) any evening designated for a special observance or function

nightfall or dusk

a state or period of gloom, ignorance, etc

make a night of it to go out and celebrate for most of the night

night and day continually that baby cries night and day

Other words from night

Related adjective: nocturnal

Derived forms of night

nightless, adjective nightlike, adjective

Word Origin for night

Old English niht; compare Dutch nacht, Latin nox, Greek nux

Idioms and Phrases with night

night

In addition to the idioms beginning with night

night and day
night owl

also see:

black as night
call it a day (night)
dead of (night)
different as night and day
good night
make a day (night) of it
ships that pass in the night

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adjective

Idioms for night

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OTHER WORDS FROM night

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH night

Words nearby night

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