Night

1. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.

2. This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.

3. This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.

4. The period between evening and bedtime.

5. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.

6. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.

7. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.

8. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.

9. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).

10. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" (Anthony Lewis).

The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.

1. The period between evening and bedtime.

2. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.

3. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.

4. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.

5. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.

6. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).

7. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" (Anthony Lewis).

1. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.

2. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.

3. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).

4. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" (Anthony Lewis).

Nightfall: worked from morning to night.

Darkness: vanished into the night.

1. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).

2. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" (Anthony Lewis).

Of or relating to the night: the night air.

Intended for use at night: a night light.

Working during the night: the night nurse.

Active chiefly at night: night prowlers.

Occurring after dark: night baseball.