Definitions for midnight
ˈmɪdˌnaɪtmid·night

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

1. midnightnoun

   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. midnightnoun

   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. midnightnoun

   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. Midnightnoun

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

   Etymology: [AS. midniht.]

2. Midnightadjective

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

   Etymology: [AS. midniht.]

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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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1. • Hour

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. Nick Parsons:

   The midnight deadline for Europe seems a long way away, overnight we have a traditional risk-on mood, but there is a general wariness that is crimping investor participation in the market. The order flow really is very thin.

2. Unknown, Epitaph on headstone of actor John Wayne (author unknown):

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

3. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann:

   The Federal Criminal Police Office informed the Bavarian police on New Year’s Eve of the existence of a tip-off from a friendly intelligence agency that Islamic State plans a concrete attack, attacks tonight, at midnight at the Munich central station or/and Pasing (station), i believe this decision was right because I think we cannot take unnecessary risks when we are dealing with such concrete threats, concrete locations, and a concrete time.

4. Walt Whitman:

   I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.

5. Tony Glover:

   You said Father of Night was written for a play, and Lay Lady Lay was done for Midnight Cowboy, actually it was written for Barbra Streisand.

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