overnight

Word parts

over- + night

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əʊvə(r)ˈnaɪt/

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Preposition

Preposition overnight

1. Overnight is from evening to morning.

   She went on an overnight trip to visit her mother.

   We stayed in Paris overnight.

Verb

Plain form overnight

Third-person singular overnights

Past tense overnighted

Past participle overnighted

Present participle overnighting

1. If you overnight somewhere, you spend the night there.

   I overnighted at my friend's house after my home was broken into.

Related words

• over
• night