night

 
Pronunciation: /nʌɪt/

noun

  • 1the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours: a moonless night the door is always locked at night
  • the night as the interval between two days: supplements per person per night
  • the darkness of night: a line of watchfires stretched away into the night
  • literary nightfall.
  • 2the period between afternoon and bedtime; an evening: he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights
  • an evening characterized by a particular event or activity: a quiz night wasn’t it a great night out?

exclamation

informal

adverb

(nights) informal, chiefly North American
  • during the night; at night: investments that won’t keep us awake nights with worry

Phrases

night and day

all the time; constantly: she studied night and day

Derivatives

nightless

adjective

Origin:

Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux