noun / interjection
night
NYTE/naɪt/
The period from evening to morning.
The moon and stars shine over the quiet landscape at night.
Etymology
Old English niht already named the dark part of a day. Because days were counted from sunset, “Monday night” once meant the night before Monday, rather than the night following its daylight hours.
In context
and that every way he turned he saw nothing but dirt instead of gold he sat down in a dark corner and cried himself to sleep little dick was all night in the streets
More examples
- We stay at the cabin for three nights.
- The baby sleeps through the night.
- “Good night, Mom,” she says before going to bed.
- “Night!” he says as his friends leave after dinner.
Forms
night · nights
nightly adjective — Happening every night or during the night.
Similar words
- nighttime
- Emphasizes the dark hours rather than individual overnight occasions.
- evening
- Refers to the day's closing hours, not the whole night.