midnight
the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
of or relating to midnight.
resembling midnight, as in darkness.
Idioms about midnight
burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night: After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation.
Origin of midnight
1Other words from midnight
- midnightly, adjective, adverb
- post·mid·night, adjective
- pre·mid·night, noun
Words Nearby midnight
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How to use midnight in a sentence
What Happened To Director Martin Brest By Matt Patches, Playboy He directed Beverly Hills Cop, midnight Run and, yes, Gigli.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 22-28, 2014 | William Boot | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe wrote Before Sunset and Before midnight while we were working on Boyhood, and all those films are all about time.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange | Marlow Stern | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you think this election is about something else, your right to ask expired in Japan on Tuesday at midnight.
Jenny Slate and Rosario Dawson make out at midnight because everything is beautiful and nothing hurts.
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I thought we were in for an encore performance, but gradually the uproar died away, and by midnight all was quiet.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAbout midnight the combination of sultry heat and banked clouds produced the usual results.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe girls sat up till midnight, at which time Haggard and his friend were due from Rome.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsOnce more these huge explosions unloading their cargoes of midnight on to the evening gloom.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonEdna was sobbing, just as she had wept one midnight at Grand Isle when strange, new voices awoke in her.
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British Dictionary definitions for midnight
/ (ˈmɪdˌnaɪt) /
the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night
(as modifier): the midnight hour
burn the midnight oil to work or study late into the night
Derived forms of midnight
- midnightly, adjective, adverb
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