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night


Definition: Meaning of, night in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / nʌɪt /

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night nights
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  1. when it is dark the dark part of each 24-hour period when the sun cannot be seen and when most people sleep
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  2. evening the time during the evening until you go to bed
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  3. nights if you do something nights, you do it regularly or often at night
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  4. night! spoken used to say goodbye to someone when it is late in the evening or when they are going to bed [=  good night]
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  5. night night! spoken used to say goodbye to someone, especially a child, when they are going to bed
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  6. night and day/day and night all the time
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  7. night or day/day or night at any time
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  8. night after night every night for a long period
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  9. first night/opening night the first performance of a play or show [↪  premiere]
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  10. spend the night with somebody/spend the night together to sleep with someone and have sex with them
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  11. a good night's sleep a night when you sleep well
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  12. (have a) late/early night to go to bed later or earlier than usual
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  13. last thing at night at the end of the day, just before you go to bed
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Night


Definition: Meaning of, Night in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / naɪt /

  • noun
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
Night nights
  1. roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
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Night used in phrases

  • Bonfire Night (noun)
    1. effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
  • Guy Fawkes Night (noun)
    1. effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
  • Guy Fawkes' Night (noun)
    1. November 5th, when people in Britain light FIREWORK s and burn a GUY on a fire [=  bonfire night]
  • Last Night of the Proms, the
    1. the last concert of the PROMS (=a series of concerts held each summer in the ALBERT HALL in London). The second part of the concert always consists of the same tunes and songs, and the people who go to the concert join the singing.
  • Midsummer Night (noun)
    1. the night before Midsummer Day
  • Midsummer Night's Dream, A
    1. a humorous play by William SHAKESPEARE in which OBERON, the king of the FAIRIES, puts a magic SPELL on TITANIA, his queen, while she is sleeping, so that she falls in love with the first creature she sees when she awakes. This is BOTTOM, a weaver who has been given the head of a DONKEY by OBERON's servant, PUCK, who has magic powers. It is one of SHAKESPEARE's most popular plays, and it is often performed outdoors in the summer.
  • Night Before Christmas, The
    1. a poem by Clement Moore which contains many of the popular ideas and images that Americans think of about Santa Claus. It has been set to music, made into a television film, and appears printed in newspapers and magazines at Christmastime.
  • Saturday Night Fever
    1. (1977) a US film in which John Travolta appears as a young man who is very good at DISCO dancing. The music, played by the Bee Gees, and the clothes in the film, are typical of the 1970s.
  • Saturday Night Live
    1. a humorous US television programme which started in the 1970s, on which many well-known COMEDIAN s first appeared
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
    1. a NOVEL (1958) by British writer Alan Sillitoe, about a young man, Arthur Seaton, who works in a FACTORY . On Saturday nights he goes out, drinking a lot in PUB s and has an affair with the wife of one of his friends. He was considered an example of the ANGRY YOUNG MAN of that time.
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