night

/nˈaɪt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
the period spent sleeping
“I had a restless night”
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
“three nights later he collapsed”
darkness
“it vanished into the night”
a shortening of nightfall
“they worked from morning to night”
the time between sunset and midnight
“he watched television every night”
Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

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