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PERIOD FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE IN EACH TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
Nighttime; Nite; Night time; 🝯; Night-time; Complete darkness; Astronomical night
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  • The [[waning moon]]

night         
¦ noun
1. the time from sunset to sunrise.
this as the interval between two days.
2. the darkness of night.
literary nightfall.
3. an evening.
¦ adverb (nights) informal, chiefly N. Amer. at night.
¦ exclamation informal goodnight.
Derivatives
nightless adjective
Origin
OE neaht, niht, of Gmc origin.
night         
n.
1) to spend a night (we spent a restless night waiting for news)
2) a clear; dark, murky; overcast; starlit; stormy night
3) a restless, sleepless night
4) a first, opening night (of a play)
5) a wedding night
6) last; tomorrow night; tonight
7) at night (to work at night; late at night)
8) by night (London by night)
9) for a night (to put smb. up for the night)
10) on a certain night (on the night of December first; on that night)
11) throughout the night
12) (misc.) to bid, wish smb. good night; (AE) to work nights; in the dead of the night USAGE NOTE: The collocation at night is usu. used with verbs (she works at night) and contrasts with during the day. The collocation by night is usu. used with nouns (London by night) and contrasts with by day. (see the Usage Note for day)
Night         
·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
II. Night ·noun The period after the close of life; death.
III. Night ·noun Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
IV. Night ·noun A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
V. Night ·noun A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
VI. Night ·noun That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; ·esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

Wikipedia

Night

Night (also described as nighttime, unconventionally spelled as "nite") is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends on the location and varies throughout the year, based on factors such as season and latitude.

The word can be used in a different sense as the time between bedtime and morning. In common communication, it is a farewell (sometimes lengthened to "good night"), mainly when someone is going to sleep or leaving.

Astronomical night is the period between astronomical dusk and astronomical dawn when the Sun is between 18 and 90 degrees below the horizon and does not illuminate the sky. As seen from latitudes between about 48.56° and 65.73° north or south of the equator, complete darkness does not occur around the summer solstice because, although the Sun sets, it is never more than 18° below the horizon at lower culmination, −90° Sun angles occur at the Tropic of Cancer on the December solstice and Tropic of Capricorn on the June solstice, and at the equator on equinoxes. And as seen from latitudes greater than 72° north or south of the equator, complete darkness does not occur in both equinoxes because, although the Sun sets, it is never more than 18° below the horizon.

The opposite of night is day (or "daytime", to distinguish it from "day" referring to a 24-hour period). Twilight is the period of night after sunset or before sunrise when the Sun still illuminates the sky when it is below the horizon. At any given time, one side of Earth is bathed in sunlight (the daytime), while the other side is in darkness caused by Earth blocking the sunlight. The central part of the shadow is called the umbra, where the night is darkest.

Natural illumination at night is still provided by a combination of moonlight, planetary light, starlight, zodiacal light, gegenschein, and airglow. In some circumstances, aurorae, lightning, and bioluminescence can provide some illumination. The glow provided by artificial lighting is sometimes referred to as light pollution because it can interfere with observational astronomy and ecosystems.

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Pronunciation examples for night
1. - Night-night, Blake. - Night.
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2. Night after night after night after night,
From The Law Books to The Battlefield _ Gadi Ezra _ Talks at Google
3. Night, night.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
4. Night, night.
RocknRolla (2008)
5. - Night. - Night.
Premonition (2007)
Examples of use of night
1. "I watched gaming night after night after night," she said.
2. Paddocks around Cowra blazed with lights night after night.
3. And, my word, didn‘t they have one, night after night.
4. Quiet night "During the night it was quiet," he said.
5. At night, Abu Al–Dardaa prepared himself for night worship.
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