night
see also DAY
- the time when it is dark and people usually sleep: night (noun C/U)
in the middle of the night ◎ He died on the night before his ninetieth birthday. ◎ I prefer to work at night. ◎ Night falls (= begins) quickly in tropical countries.
- the time when it is dark: night-time (noun U)
- the end of the day when the light begins to disappear: dusk (noun U), sunset (noun C/U)
- the time when the night begins: nightfall (noun U)
at nightfall
- the time when the night ends and a new day begins: dawn (noun C/U)
- the middle of the night at 12 o'clock: midnight (noun U)
- the hours between midnight and the morning: the small hours
I sat up until the small hours, writing letters to people who I thought might give me a job.
- this night: tonight
- the night before this one: last night
- the night after this one: tomorrow night
- two nights ago: the night before last
Note: when sth happens in the night, you can say at night, during the night, in the night; when you give the name of a day, you use on:
on Saturday night. You say by night when you contrast night with the day:
Owls sleep during the day and hunt by night.
- done or happening every night: nightly (adjective, adverb)
The film will be shown nightly, except on Sundays.
- when the night begins you can say it gets* dark
Make sure you're home before it gets dark.
- to emphasize that sth happens during the whole period of the night, you can say all night long
The baby cried all night long.
※ going to bed BED
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