night
/nˈaɪt/
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Noun
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Noun
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
Noun
the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
Noun
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"
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darkness; "it vanished into the night"
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a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
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the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"
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Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
More General Terms
crepuscle
crepuscule
dark
darkness
dusk
evenfall
fall
gloam
gloaming
nightfall
period
period of time
time period
time unit
twilight
unit of time