night
♦♦♦ night /n'aɪt/ (nights)
1 [N-VAR]
The night is the part of each day when the sun has set and it is dark outside, especially the time when people are sleeping.
He didn't sleep a wink all night...
The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night...
Our reporter spent the night crossing the border from Austria into Slovenia...
Finally night fell.
2 [N-COUNT]
The night is the period of time between the end of the afternoon and the time that you go to bed, especially the time when you relax before going to bed.
So whose party was it last night?...
Demiris took Catherine to dinner the following night.
3 [N-COUNT] supp N
A particular night is a particular evening when a special event takes place, such as a show or a play.
The first night crowd packed the building.
...election night.
4 [PHRASE] num PHR
If it is a particular time at night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight.
It's eleven o'clock at night in Moscow...
He works obsessively from 7.15 am to 9 or 10 at night.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If something happens at night, it happens regularly during the evening or night.
He was going to college at night, in order to become an accountant...
The veranda was equipped with heavy wooden rain doors that were kept closed at night.
6 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
Dozens of doctors and nurses have been working day and night for weeks...
He was at my door night and day, demanding my attention.
7 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
I've had a hell of a day, and all I want is an early night...
In spite of the travelling and the late night, she did not feel tired.
8
morning, noon and night: see morningfirst night (first nights)
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The first night of a show, play, or performance is the first public performance of it.hen night (hen nights)
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A hen night is a party for a woman who is getting married very soon, to which only women are invited. (BRIT)night light (night lights)
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A night light is a light that is not bright and is kept on during the night, especially in a child's room.night owl (night owls)
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A night owl is someone who regularly stays up late at night, or who prefers to work at night. (INFORMAL)night por|ter (night porters)
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A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night. (mainly BRIT)night school (night schools)
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Someone who goes to night school does an educational course in the evenings.
People can go out to work in the daylight hours and then come to night school in the evening.
= evening classesnight stand (night stands)
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A night stand is a small table or cupboard that you have next to your bed. (AM; in BRIT, use bedside table)night vi|sion
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Night vision equipment enables people, for example soldiers or pilots, to see better at night.
...night vision goggles.open|ing night (opening nights)
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The opening night of a play or an opera is the first night on which a particular production is performed.
= premier, first nightstag night (stag nights)
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A stag night is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.
1 [N-VAR]
The night is the part of each day when the sun has set and it is dark outside, especially the time when people are sleeping.
He didn't sleep a wink all night...
The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night...
Our reporter spent the night crossing the border from Austria into Slovenia...
Finally night fell.
2 [N-COUNT]
The night is the period of time between the end of the afternoon and the time that you go to bed, especially the time when you relax before going to bed.
So whose party was it last night?...
Demiris took Catherine to dinner the following night.
3 [N-COUNT] supp N
A particular night is a particular evening when a special event takes place, such as a show or a play.
The first night crowd packed the building.
...election night.
4 [PHRASE] num PHR
If it is a particular time at night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight.
It's eleven o'clock at night in Moscow...
He works obsessively from 7.15 am to 9 or 10 at night.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If something happens at night, it happens regularly during the evening or night.
He was going to college at night, in order to become an accountant...
The veranda was equipped with heavy wooden rain doors that were kept closed at night.
6 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
Dozens of doctors and nurses have been working day and night for weeks...
He was at my door night and day, demanding my attention.
7 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
I've had a hell of a day, and all I want is an early night...
In spite of the travelling and the late night, she did not feel tired.
8
morning, noon and night: see morningfirst night (first nights)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
The first night of a show, play, or performance is the first public performance of it.hen night (hen nights)
[N-COUNT]
A hen night is a party for a woman who is getting married very soon, to which only women are invited. (BRIT)night light (night lights)
[N-COUNT]
A night light is a light that is not bright and is kept on during the night, especially in a child's room.night owl (night owls)
[N-COUNT]
A night owl is someone who regularly stays up late at night, or who prefers to work at night. (INFORMAL)night por|ter (night porters)
[N-COUNT]
A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night. (mainly BRIT)night school (night schools)
[N-VAR]
Someone who goes to night school does an educational course in the evenings.
People can go out to work in the daylight hours and then come to night school in the evening.
= evening classesnight stand (night stands)
[N-COUNT]
A night stand is a small table or cupboard that you have next to your bed. (AM; in BRIT, use bedside table)night vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
Night vision equipment enables people, for example soldiers or pilots, to see better at night.
...night vision goggles.open|ing night (opening nights)
[N-COUNT]
The opening night of a play or an opera is the first night on which a particular production is performed.
= premier, first nightstag night (stag nights)
[N-COUNT]
A stag night is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.