overnight

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English

Alternative forms

• over night
• overnite (informal)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over +‎ night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Adverb

overnight (not comparable)

1. During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
2. (figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

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Adjective

overnight (not comparable)

1. Occurring between dusk and dawn.

2. Complete before the next morning.
3. For which participants stay overnight.

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Verb

overnight (third-person singular simple present overnights, present participle overnighting, simple past and past participle overnighted)

1. (intransitive) To stay overnight; to spend the night. [from 19th c.]
2. (transitive, US) To send something for delivery the next day. [from 20th c.]

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Noun

overnight (plural overnights)

1. Items delivered or completed overnight.

2. An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
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3. (television, in the plural) Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.
4. (obsolete) The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.

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