night

night is on the Basic English 850 List.

news - night - no

night is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

nice - night - nine

Other spellings

• (informal) nite

Pronunciation

• enPR: nīt, IPA ^(key): /naɪt/
• SAMPA: /naIt/

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• Homophones: nite, knight

Noun

Singular night

Plural nights

1. Period between dusk to dawn.
   • Synonyms: nighttime and nite
   • Antonyms: day, daytime and daylight

   During the day we usually go hiking in the mountain. Then at night, we come back to the hotel to get some sleep.

   We woke up at night because of the thunder.

Interjection

Interjection night

1. A clipping of good night. It is a shorter way for people who get along well to say "good night".