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- [nahyt]
- /naɪt/
- /naɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nahyt]
- /naɪt/
Definitions of night word
- noun night the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. 1
- noun night the beginning of this period; nightfall. 1
- noun night the darkness of night; the dark. 1
- noun night a condition or time of obscurity, ignorance, sinfulness, misfortune, etc.: the long night of European history known as the Dark Ages. 1
- noun night (sometimes initial capital letter) an evening used or set aside for a particular event, celebration, or other special purpose: a night on the town; poker night; New Year's Night. 1
- adjective night of or relating to night: the night hours. 1
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Origin of night
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English niht, neaht, cognate with German Nacht, Gothic nahts, Latin nox (stem noct-), Greek nýx (stem nykt-)
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Parts of speech for Night
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
night popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
night usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for night
noun night
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- nighttime — the time between evening and morning.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
Antonyms for night
noun night
- day — A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- cognizance — Cognizance is knowledge or understanding.
- daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
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