Night

English Meaning

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.

1. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
2. This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.
3. This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.
4. The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
5. The period between evening and bedtime.
6. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.
7. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.
8. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.
9. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.
10. Nightfall: worked from morning to night.
11. Darkness: vanished into the night.
12. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning” ( F. Scott Fitzgerald).
13. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed” ( Anthony Lewis).
14. Of or relating to the night: the night air.
15. Intended for use at night: a night light.
16. Working during the night: the night nurse.
17. Active chiefly at night: night prowlers.
18. Occurring after dark: night baseball.