Night

Quick meaning: Night is a noun meaning (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.

Meaning

(countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
2. (countable) A day, or at least a night.
3. (uncountable) Nightfall.
4. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
5. (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
6. (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
7. (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.

Example Sentences

a night on the town

from noon till night

The cat disappeared into the night.

I stayed my friend's house for three nights.

Word Forms

• nights
• nighting
• nighted

Synonyms for night

Depending on context, synonyms include evening, sleep, dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown.

Antonyms for night

Common opposites include day, brightness, daylight, light, daytime.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nighttime, nox, dark, sunset, dusk, sundown.

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