nighttime

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From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night +‎ time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (nighttime), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (nighttime).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/, [ˈnaɪʔtaɪm]

Noun

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nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)

  1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
    • 1986, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:
      Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time
    • 1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52:
      Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.

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Adjective

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nighttime (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
  2. Happening during the night.

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  • (antonym(s) of pertaining to nighttime): day, daytime
  • (antonym(s) of happening during the night): daytime, diurnal

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