Night Day I Sleep Stay Evening Late Naɪt

• these animals only come out at night.
• they sleep by day and hunt by night.
• does your baby still wake in the night?
• she woke up in the middle of the night.

night

1. the time between one day and the next when it is dark, when people usually sleep
• SEE ALSO nights
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nights
• These animals only come out at night.
• They sleep by day and hunt by night.
• Does your baby still wake in the night?
• She woke up in the middle of the night.
• The accident happened on Friday night.
• on the night of 10 January/January 10
• Did you hear the storm last night?
• I lay awake all night.
• Where did you spend the night?
• You're welcome to stay the night here.
• What is he doing calling at this time of night?
• You'll feel better after you've had a good night's sleep.
• She spent a sleepless night tossing and turning.
• The trip was for ten nights.
• The hotel costs €95 per person per night.
• the night train/boat/flight
• The night sky was clear and full of stars.
• Night fell (= it became dark).

Extra Examples

• Ask your Mum if you can stay the night.
• I lie awake at night worrying.
• He spent a sleepless night worrying about money.
• I woke in the night.
• One fateful night he was involved in an accident that changed his life forever.
• Paris by night
• She kissed him good night.
• The night fell quickly.
• They spent the night in Bristol.
• I'm taking the night train.
• Where were you on the night of 10 January?
2. the evening until you go to bed
• SEE ALSO early night
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/early-night
• Let's go out on Saturday night.
• Bill's parents came for dinner last night.
• She doesn't like to walk home late at night.
• I saw her in town the other night (= a few nights ago).
• I'm working late tomorrow night.
• He had plans to spend a quiet night at home.
• Some nights he comes home late.
• There's late night shopping on Fridays.

Extra Examples

• a drunken night of partying
• He spent another lonely night in front of the television.
• Every night it's the same—dinner, TV, bed.
3. an evening when a special event happens
• SEE ALSO stag night
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stag-night
• the first/opening night (= of a play, film, etc.)
• the last night of the play's run
• We’ll be up late on election night.
• a karaoke night
• an Irish/Scottish, etc. night (= with Irish/Scottish music, entertainment, etc.)
4. to dance for the whole evening or night
5. to sleep well/badly during the night
6. to stay out late enjoying yourself
7. in the quietest part of the night
• I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.
8. used to say that a performance, an event, etc. will be successful even if the preparations for it have not gone well
9. to make a particular activity that you enjoy last for a whole day/evening instead of only part of it
• We took a picnic lunch to the river and made a day of it.
• They decided to make a night of it and went on to a club.
10. the morning after an evening of drinking
• Drink plenty of water the morning after the night before, and learn from experience.
11. at all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that something happens very often or that it happens continuously)
• She talks about him morning, noon and night.
• The work continues morning, noon and night.
• It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night.
12. all the time; continuously
• The machines are kept running night and day.
• The store is open day and night.
13. used especially by children or to children, to mean ‘goodnight’
• ‘Night night, sleep tight!’
14. an evening that you spend enjoying yourself away from home
• They enjoy a night out occasionally.

Extra Examples

• Fancy a night out?
• I was getting myself ready for a night out.
15. to stay with somebody for a night
• My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
16. to stay with somebody for a night and have sex with them
17. the time during the night when it is quiet and calm
18. used to refer to ghosts and other supernatural things that cannot be explained
• There are mysterious lights in the sky and things that go bump in the night.

Word Origin

• Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux.