Night Definition
nīt
noun
The period from sunset to sunrise.
Webster's New World
This period considered as a unit of time.
For two nights running.
American Heritage
This period considered from its conditions.
A rainy night.
American Heritage
The period between dusk and midnight of a given day.
Either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
American Heritage
The evening following a specified day.
Christmas night.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of, for, or at night.
Webster's New World
Active, working, or in use at night.
Webster's New World
Working during the night.
The night nurse.
American Heritage
Active chiefly at night.
Night prowlers.
American Heritage
Occurring after dark.
Night baseball.
American Heritage
interjection
Short for good night.
Night all! Thanks for a great evening!
Wiktionary
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Night
- make a night of it
- night after night
- night and day
Origin of Night
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From Middle English night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, neht, nyht, neaht, næht (“night"), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night"), from Proto-Indo-European *nókÊ·ts (“night"). Cognate with Scots nicht, neicht (“night"), West Frisian nacht (“night"), Dutch nacht (“night"), Low German Nacht (“night"), German Nacht (“night"), Danish nat (“night"), Swedish natt (“night"), Icelandic nótt (“night"), Latin nox (“night"), Greek νύχτα (nýchta, “night").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English niht nekw-t- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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