Definitions for midnight
ˈmɪdˌnaɪtmid·night

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. midnight(noun)

   12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

   "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. midnight(Noun)

   The middle of the night; 12:00 am; on a 12-hour clock, 12:00 at night; on a 24-hour clock, 00:00.

2. midnight(Noun)

   The middle of the night: the moment of time, which is equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Midnight(noun)

   the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night

   Etymology: [AS. midniht.]

2. Midnight(adj)

   being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom

   Etymology: [AS. midniht.]

Freebase(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Midnight

   Midnight is the transition time period from one day to the next: the moment when the date changes. In ancient Roman timekeeping, midnight was halfway between sunset and sunrise, varying according to the seasons. Solar midnight is that time opposite of solar noon, when the sun is closest to nadir and the night is equidistant from dusk and dawn. Due to the advent of time zones, which make time identical across a range of meridians, and daylight saving time, it rarely coincides with midnight on a clock. Solar midnight is dependent on latitude and time of the year rather than on a time zone. In the northern hemisphere, "midnight" had an ancient geographic association with "north". Modern Polish and Ukrainian preserve this association with their words for "midnight", which also means "north".

The Roycroft Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. midnight

   1. The Pole of the hours; a pincushion on which sparkle all the seconds of a day; the keel of the good ship Tomorrow. 2. A chimney whence the dreams of today issue in smoke.

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1. midnight

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'midnight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4808

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'midnight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4275

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'midnight' in Nouns Frequency: #1942

How to pronounce midnight?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say midnight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of midnight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of midnight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of midnight in a Sentence

1. John Wayne:

   Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

2. Charlie Baker:

   Everybody should be able to go out tonight and enjoy their Valentine’s Day evening as long as they get home before midnight.

3. Andrea Abate:

   We'll be simplifying what's served after midnight so customers can get the most popular favorites.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Walk in the narrow streets after midnight under moonlight! Tranquillity is like a sugar for the mind; you think better in the silence of empty spaces!

5. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

   To help stay ahead of this curve, we will impose a universal precautionary self-isolation requirement on all international arrivals to Australia and that is effective from midnight tonight, further the Australian government will also ban cruise ships from foreign ports from arriving at Australian ports for an initial 30 days.

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