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[ nahyt-tahym ] / ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nighttime ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe time between evening and morning. adjectiveoccurring, done, presented, etc., during the night, especially the hours before midnight. Origin of nighttimeMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at night, time Words nearby nighttimenight sweats, night table, night terror, night terrors, nighttide, nighttime, night vision, nightwalker, night watch, night watchman, nightwear Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nighttimeA nighttime curfew that was imposed a few weeks ago seems barely enforced now—no doubt to the relief of the women at the Ramada. Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’|Jamie Dettmer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The city of Miran Shah, for example, was subjected to a nighttime curfew for years. Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan|Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Nighttime was the worst,” Bennett wrote in his autobiography. Tony Bennett’s Nazi Hunting Past Is Just One Reason He’s the Greatest Living American|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was nighttime in Brooklyn in the middle of summer and the air conditioning in the bank was turned off. Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story|Alex Belth|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In short, not getting enough sleep is slowly killing us—and that nighttime preamble is certainly not helping. ‘Sleep Procrastination’ Is Real, and You Probably Do It|Charlotte Lytton|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST And the forest lay very still and solemn and dark in the silence of the nighttime. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table|Howard Pyle The map was painted in green, packets flying unimpeded throughout the empty nighttime Market. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow Antarctica wanted temperature lowered from a nighttime norm of 62° Fahrenheit to 57.6°. It's All Yours|Sam Merwin In fair weather as in foul, in blistering midsummer and blizzardy midwinter, daytime and nighttime, she followed him. Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb Yet another pleasure which he took was to lean out of the garret window at nighttime. The Fat and the Thin|Emile Zola
British Dictionary definitions for nighttime
noun- the time from sunset to sunrise; night as distinct from day
- (as modifier)a night-time prowler
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 nighttimenightfall, dusk, midnight, night, bedtime |