Definitions for night
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Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. night, nighttime, darknoun

   the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

2. nightnoun

   a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

3. nightnoun

   the period spent sleeping

   "I had a restless night"

4. nightnoun

   the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit

   "three nights later he collapsed"

5. nightnoun

   darkness

   "it vanished into the night"

6. nightnoun

   a shortening of nightfall

   "they worked from morning to night"

7. nightnoun

   the time between sunset and midnight

   "he watched television every night"

8. Nox, Nightnoun

   Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nightnoun

   The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

2. nightnoun

   An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

   a night on the town

3. nightnoun

   A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.

   We stayed at the Hilton for five nights.

4. nightnoun

   Nightfall.

   from noon till night

5. nightnoun

   Darkness.

   The cat disappeared into the night.

6. nightverb

   To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

7. nightinterjection

   Short for good night

   Night all! Thanks for a great evening!

8. Nightnoun

   The goddess of the night in Heathenry.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Nightnoun

   that part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light

   Etymology: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. ntt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

2. Nightnoun

   darkness; obscurity; concealment

   Etymology: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. ntt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

3. Nightnoun

   intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance

   Etymology: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. ntt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

4. Nightnoun

   a state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow

   Etymology: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. ntt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

5. Nightnoun

   the period after the close of life; death

   Etymology: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. ntt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

6. Nightnoun

   a lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep

   Etymology: [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. ntt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. 265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Night

   Night or nighttime is the period of time between the sunset and the sunrise when the Sun is below the horizon. This occurs after dusk. The opposite of night is day. The start and end points of time of a night vary based on factors such as season, latitude, longitude and timezone. At any given time, one side of the planet Earth is bathed in light from the Sun and the other side of the Earth is in the shadow caused by the Earth blocking the light of the sun. This shadow is what we call the darkness of night. Natural illumination is still provided by a combination of moonlight, planetary light, starlight, diffuse zodiacal light, gegenschein, and airglow. In some circumstances, bioluminescence, aurorae, and lightning can provide some illumination. The glow provided by artificial illumination is sometimes referred to as light pollution because it can interfere with observational astronomy and ecosystems.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Night

   nīt, n. the end of the day: the time from sunset to sunrise: darkness: ignorance, affliction, or sorrow: death.—ns. Night′-bell, a bell for use at night—of a physician, &c.; Night′-bird, a bird that flies only at night, esp. the owl: the nightingale, as singing at night; Night′-blind′ness, inability to see in a dim light, nyctalopia; Night′-brawl′er, one who raises disturbances in the night; Night′cap, a cap worn at night in bed (so Night′dress, -shirt, &c.): a dram taken before going to bed: a cap drawn over the face before hanging; Night′-cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies before daylight; Night′-chair, a night-stool; Night′-churr, or -jar, the British species of goat-sucker, so called from the sound of its cry.—n.pl. Night′-clothes, garments worn in bed.—ns. Night′-crow, a bird that cries in the night; Night′-dog (Shak.), a dog that hunts in the night.—adj. Night′ed, benighted: (Shak.) darkened, clouded.—ns. Night′fall, the fall or beginning of the night: the close of the day: evening; Night′faring, travelling by night; Night′fire, a fire burning in the night: a will-o'-the-wisp; Night′-fish′ery, a mode of fishing by night, or a place where this is done; Night′-fly, a moth that flies at night; Night′-foe, one who makes his attack by night; Night′-foss′icker, one who robs a digging by night.—adj. Night′-foun′dered, lost in the night.—ns. Night′-fowl, a night-bird; Night′-glass, a spy-glass with concentrating lenses for use at night; Night′-gown, a long loose robe for sleeping in, for men or women; a loose gown for wearing in the house; Night′-hag, a witch supposed to be abroad at night; Night′-hawk, a species of migratory goat-sucker, common in America; Night′-her′on, a heron of nocturnal habit; Night′-house, a tavern allowed to be open during the night; Night′-hunt′er, a degraded woman who prowls about the streets at night for her prey; Night′-lamp, or -light, a light left burning all night.—adj. Night′less, having no night.—n. Night′-line, a fishing-line set overnight.—adj. and adv. Night′long, lasting all night.—adj. Night′ly, done by night: done every night.—adv. by night: every night.—ns. Night′-man, a night-watchman or scavenger; Night′-owl, an owl of exclusively nocturnal habits: one who sits up very late; Night′-pal′sy, a numbness of the lower limbs, incidental to women; Night′piece, a picture or literary description of a night-scene: a painting to be seen best by artificial light; Night′-por′ter, a porter in attendance during the night at hotels, railway stations, &c.; Night′-rail, a night-gown: a 17th-century form of head-dress; Night′-rav′en (Shak.), a bird that cries at night, supposed to be of ill-omen; Night′-rest, the repose of the night; Night′-rule (Shak.), a frolic at night.—adv. Nights (obs.), by night.—ns. Night′-school, a school held at night, esp. for those at work during the day; Night′-sea′son, the time of night; Night′shade, a name of several plants of the genus Solanum, having narcotic properties, often found in damp shady woods; Night′-shriek, a cry in the night; Night′-side, the dark, mysterious, or gloomy side of anything; Night′-sing′er, any bird like the nightingale, esp. the Irish sedge-warbler; Night′-soil, the contents of privies, cesspools, &c., generally carried away at night; Night′-spell, a charm against accidents by night; Night′-steed, one of the horses in the chariot of Night; Night′-stool, a close-stool for use in a bedroom; Night′-tā′per, a night-light burning slowly.—n.pl. Night′-terr′ors, the sudden starting from sleep of children in a state of fright.—p.adj. Night′-trip′ping (Shak.), tripping about in the night.—ns. Night′-wak′ing, watching in the night; Night′-walk, a walk in the night; Night′-walk′er, one who walks in his sleep at night, a somnambulist: one who walks about at night for bad purposes, esp. a prostitute; Night′-walk′ing, walking in one's sleep, somnambulism: roving about at night with evil designs; Night′-wan′derer, one who wanders by night.—adjs. Night′-war′bling, singing in the night; Night′ward, toward night.—ns. Night′-watch, a watch or guard at night: time of watch in the night; Night′-watch′man, one who acts as a watch during the night; Night′-work, work done at night. [A.S. niht; Ger. nacht, L. nox.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. night

   A specific unit of time.

   Night time is a specific time in various countries.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 1, 2020  

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1. night

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Matched Categories

1. • Roman Deity
   • Darkness
   • Time Period
   • Time Unit
   • Twilight

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'night' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #243

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'night' in Written Corpus Frequency: #239

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'night' in Nouns Frequency: #42

Anagrams for night »

1. thing, Thing

How to pronounce night?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say night in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of night in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of night in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of night in a Sentence

1. Denzel Valentine:

   (Donovan) just said if we want to be quote-unquote a playoff team and take our team to the next level — which we have to ability to do — then we needed to come out and show it, nobody is going to just give it to us because we’ve had the same team. He just challenged us to play like we should every single night.

2. John Keats:

   Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright, And the stars they glisten, glisten, Seeming with bright eyes to listen For what listen they?

3. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   It's wonderful that we complement each other, and aren't equal in many ways. We're like Day and Night, Sun and Moon, Ocean and Land. It's not for us to strive to become equal, my friend; but to honor our differentiating and complementing qualities, and respect each other for who we are. It's our complementing differentness that paints our world so beautiful - with multiple mesmerizing and magical colors. So be happy that we're different, and do not change. You're good as you are! Cheers!

4. John Bolton:

   Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, its threats to exceed the limits set in the failed Iran nuclear deal in the coming days ... are not signs of a nation seeking peace, sanctions are biting, and more added last night.

5. Greg Stengel:

   I was really thinking Marco before the debate last night but that might have changed a little bit.

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