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   Night

   /nīt/

   

   noun

   • 1. the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise: "a moonless night"
   • ▪ the night as the interval between two days: "a two-bedroom cabin costs $90 per night"
   • ▪ the darkness of night: "a line of watchfires stretched away into the night"
   • ▪ nightfall. literary
   • 2. the period of time between afternoon and bedtime; an evening: "he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights"
   • ▪ an evening appointed for some activity, or spent or regarded in a certain way: "wasn't it a great night out?"

   exclamation

   • 1. short for goodnight informal

   adverb

   • 1. during the night; at night: informal North American "investments that won't keep us awake nights with worry"

   Word Origin Old Englishneaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nightless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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