night

Other spellings

• nite (informal)

Pronunciation

• enPR: nīt
• IPA: /naɪt/
• SAMPA: /naIt/
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Homophones

• knight

Noun

Singular night

Plural nights

A city at night

1. (countable & uncountable) Night is the opposite of day. It is the time between sunset and sunrise when the sky is dark.

   During the day, we'll go hiking on John Doe Mountain. At night, we'll come back to the hotel and get some sleep.

   There was a terrible accident in the night that woke all of us up.

Synonyms

• Nighttime