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- Dictionarynight/nʌɪt/
noun
- 1. the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours: "a moonless night"
- 2. the period between afternoon and bedtime; an evening: "he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights"
exclamation
- 1. short for goodnight informal
adverb
- 1. during the night; at night: informal North American "investments that won't keep us awake nights with worry"
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the period of time between the late afternoon and going to bed; the evening: Let's go out on Saturday night. We've eaten out every night this week. She's a singer in a bar by night and a secretary by day. [ S ] the evening on which a special event happens: When's the last night of your show?
1. : the time from dusk to dawn when no sunlight is visible. The store is open all night. 2. a. : an evening or night taken as an occasion or point of time. the opening night. b. : an evening set aside for a particular purpose.
Night refers to the time of day between sunset and sunrise. The word night can also refer to the darkness that accompanies this period or an evening reserved for a certain event. Night can also be used as an adjective to describe something that happens at night.
Definition of night noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. night. noun. /naɪt/ [uncountable, countable] Idioms. the time between one day and the next when it is dark, when people usually sleep. at night These animals only come out at night. by night They sleep by day and hunt by night.
The night is the part of each period of twenty-four hours when it is dark outside, especially the time when most people are sleeping.
an evening spent away from home doing something enjoyable: a night out at the theatre. Good night. You say 'Good night' to someone who is going to bed: Good night, sleep well. See also. the dead of night/winter.
At the end of the day, when the sun goes down and the world gets dark, it's night. If you work at night, you have to get used to sleeping in the middle of the day.
