night : अर्थ और परिभाषाएं

The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.

This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.

The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.

This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.

This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.

The period between evening and bedtime.

This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.

The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.

One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.

Nightfall: worked from morning to night.

Darkness: vanished into the night.

A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning” ( F. Scott Fitzgerald).

A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed” ( Anthony Lewis).

Of or relating to the night: the night air.

Intended for use at night: a night light.

Working during the night: the night nurse.

Active chiefly at night: night prowlers.

Occurring after dark: night baseball.