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| 1. | [ noun ] the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | |
| Synonyms: | dark nighttime | |
| Related terms: | day time_period wedding_night weeknight day midnight lights-out late-night_hour small_hours evening | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom | |
| Related terms: | time_period | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit | |
| Examples: | "three nights later he collapsed" |
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| Related terms: | time_unit | |
| 4. | [ noun ] darkness | |
| Examples: | "it vanished into the night" |
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| Related terms: | dark | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the period spent sleeping | |
| Examples: | "I had a restless night" |
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| Related terms: | time_period | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a shortening of nightfall | |
| Examples: | "they worked from morning to night" |
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| Related terms: | twilight | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the time between sunset and midnight | |
| Examples: | "he watched television every night" |
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| Related terms: | time_period | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (Roman mythology,religion,classical mythology) Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx | |
| Synonyms: | Nox | |
| Related terms: | Roman_deity Greco-Roman_deity | |
| Similar spelling: |
nightie nist Nikita nicety Nishida |
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