React Dictionary

night

/naɪt/

/naɪt/

noun

  • blackness
  • darkness
  • gloom
  • obscurity
  • shadow
  • evening
  • dark
  • dusk
  • nightfall
  • sundown
  • sunset
  • sleep
  • The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

Example: How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!?

  • (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
  • (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
  • An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

Example: a night on the town

  • A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.

Example: I stayed my friend's house for three nights.

  • Nightfall.

Example: from noon till night

  • Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

Example: The cat disappeared into the night.

  • A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
  • A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

verb

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

    interjection

      • Ellipsis of good night

      Example: Night, y'all! Thanks for a great evening!