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/ ˈmɪdˌnaɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
adjective of or relating to midnight.
resembling midnight, as in darkness.
Idioms for midnightburn the midnight oil , to study or work far into the night: After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation.
Origin of midnight before 900; Middle English; Old English midniht. See mid-, night
OTHER WORDS FROM midnight midnightly, adjective, adverb post·mid·night, adjective pre·mid·night, noun Words nearby midnight Midlothian, mid-mashie, midmorning, midmost, MIDN, midnight , midnight blue, midnight oil, midnight sun, midnoon, mid-ocean ridge
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Example sentences from the Web for midnight I arrived at the gravel lot next to a warehouse, located deep in an industrial neighborhood, around midnight on a Saturday, LA TikTokers having told me it was the place to be.
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We wrote Before Sunset and Before Midnight while we were working on Boyhood, and all those films are all about time.
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If you think this election is about something else, your right to ask expired in Japan on Tuesday at midnight .
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Jenny Slate and Rosario Dawson make out at midnight because everything is beautiful and nothing hurts.
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When I reached Easter Elchies House, it was almost midnight , well, well, well passed the time that I was expected to arrive.
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But at midnight the deepest penetration on Omaha was barely more than a mile.
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By midnight he would be fairly safe from the fear of discovery.
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The train at last drew into the main station at Brussels half an hour after midnight .
Mrs. Warren's Daughter | Sir Harry Johnston
It was after midnight when the galloping stallion brought us into the town of Rovaniemi.
Through Arctic Lapland | Cutcliffe Hyne
He calls for his attendant Herbert, who is sent to ascertain the cause of this midnight commotion.
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After being here confined three days, he was called up at midnight on the 18th and informed that he must prepare for a journey.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte | John Gibson Lockhart
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British Dictionary definitions for midnight noun the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night (as modifier ) the midnight hour burn the midnight oil to work or study late into the night
Derived forms of midnight midnightly , adjective , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to midnight witching hour, small hours