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noun

ˈnīt How to pronounce night (audio)
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as in midnight
the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight loved to sit outside at night and watch the stars

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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light snuck out of town under the cover of night

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as in evening
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness we waited until night to begin lighting the candles in the windows

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night

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adjective

as in nocturnal
of, relating to, or occurring in the night took a night flight out to the coast

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Recent Examples of night
Noun
Velasquez was pronounced dead at the scene after the shooting occurred around 9 p.m. local time on Monday night, police said in a Facebook post. — Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 At a waterfront restaurant in Pensacola, congratulatory text messages were already lighting up Patronis’ phone as early results were posted Tuesday night. — Stephany Matat, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Including those multi-night runs, the total number of shows scheduled for summer 2023 comes to 27. — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022 All-inclusive nightly rates begin at about $1,000 per couple, but there are multi-night packages that discount this 20-40%. — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for night
Recent Examples of Synonyms for night
  1. midnight
  2. dark
  3. evening
  4. nocturnal
  5. nighttime
  6. dusk
  7. sunset
  8. twilight
Noun
  • Linen pants, breezy shorts, and even roomy travel bags now start at just $32, so make sure to add them to your cart before the sale comes to an end on Sunday, March 30 at midnight PT.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Shortly after midnight on July 11, 2021, Maldonado pulled his car over near East Hueneme Road, prosecutors said.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of midnight
Noun
  • Snow covered the ground, temps hovered around freezing, and Brooks sat from dark to dark on Dec. 30 without a whiff of the bull.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In long summer days, my friends and I could leave the house with peanut butter and jelly or bologna sandwiches in the baskets of our bicycles, and the only restriction laid down was to be home for dinner or before dark, whichever came first.
    — Linda Chapin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of dark
Noun
  • Police are investigating a domestic shooting that left three people dead in Wolcott on Thursday evening.
    — Staff report, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But on Thursday evening, a lighter and more carefree set of stylish men hit the royal residence’s grounds — the Italians — to celebrate Brioni’s 80th anniversary and its exclusive 25-piece capsule collection with Mr Porter.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of evening
Adjective
  • Typically nocturnal, these wildlife animals try to avoid people, however, they are sometimes spotted searching for food during the day.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The new species is largely nocturnal, hides under rocks or logs, and has a specialized diet of centipedes, Esqueda said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of nocturnal
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  • Since sharing their dogs' nighttime schedule, the videos have gone viral, amassing thousands of likes and comments.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • During the summer, visitors can join for nighttime turtle walks to see nesting sea turtles laying eggs.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of nighttime
Noun
  • The lights, which will be visible at dusk, will match the show's new logo.
    — Sean Keane, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • She is surrounded by figures that resemble cotton plants, their bulbs aglow, flickering like dragonflies hovering in the fading light of dusk.
    — Omnia Saed, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of dusk
Noun
  • There’s nothing quite like a Hawaiian sunset paired with a breezy dinner view.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Our apartment faced west, with a sweeping view of the Hudson River, and the sunsets were often riots of color.
    — Rob Mank, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of sunset
Noun
  • Several key figures - see Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker - are now into the twilights of their respective careers and so Guardiola’s team have been unable to play its usual style of high-energy, high-intensity soccer.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Getting to work with Jacobson again in the twilight of his career has been a thrill, Sirott said.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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