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midnight
[mid-nahyt]
noun
the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
adjective
of or relating to midnight.
resembling midnight, as in darkness.
midnight
/ ˈɪˌԲɪ /
noun
the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night
( as modifier )
the midnight hour
to work or study late into the night
Other 51Թ Forms
- midnightly adjective
- postmidnight adjective
- premidnight noun
- ˈˌԾٱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night.
After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation.
Example Sentences
Angel City Brewery, also located in the Arts District, has amended its normal 4 p.m. to midnight weeknight schedule.
So shortly after midnight, she appears from her dressing room, somehow looking fresher than a field of daisies.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for south-west England and Wales, from midnight to 13:00 BST on Thursday.
The conflict began to wind down by midnight when demonstrators started to leave the area.
As midnight approached in downtown, officers used less-lethal munitions and tear gas as they clashed with a few dozen people who remained in downtown Los Angeles.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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