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night / Night > 8 senses
NOUN1night, nighttime, darkThe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
2nightThe time between sunset and midnight
3nightThe period spent sleeping
4nightThe dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
5nightDarkness
6nightA shortening of nightfall
7nightA period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
8Night, NoxRoman goddess of night
night / Night > pronunciation
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night > noun 1, time
MeaningThe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
Synonymsnighttime, dark
Part ofday, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day
Partsevening; late-night hour; midnight; small hours; lights-out
Narrowerweeknight; wedding night
Broadertime period, period of time, period
Contraryday, daytime, daylight
Adjectivesnocturnal
night > noun 2, time
MeaningThe time between sunset and midnight.
Examples"he watched television every night"
Broadertime period, period of time, period
night > noun 3, time
MeaningThe period spent sleeping.
Examples"I had a restless night"
Broadertime period, period of time, period
night > noun 4, time
MeaningThe dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit.
Examples"three nights later he collapsed"
Broadertime unit, unit of time
night > noun 5, state
MeaningDarkness.
Examples"it vanished into the night"
Broaderdark, darkness
night > noun 6, time
MeaningA shortening of nightfall.
Examples"they worked from morning to night"
Broadertwilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
night > noun 7, time
MeaningA period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom.
Broadertime period, period of time, period
Night > noun 8, person
MeaningRoman goddess of night. Daughter of Erebus. Counterpart of Greek Nyx.
SynonymsNox
BroaderRoman deity

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