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midnight
mid·night M0285800 (mĭd′nīt′)n.1. The middle of the night, specifically 12 o'clock at night.2. a. Intense darkness or gloom.b. A period of darkness and gloom.midnight (ˈmɪdˌnaɪt) n1. a. the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at nightb. (as modifier): the midnight hour. 2. burn the midnight oil to work or study late into the night ˈmidˌnightly adj, advmid•night (ˈmɪdˌnaɪt)
n. 1. the middle of the night, esp. twelve o'clock at night. adj. 2. of or pertaining to midnight. 3. resembling midnight, as in darkness. [before 900] mid′night`ly, adj., adv. midnight- beauty sleep - First defined as sleep taken before midnight, regarded as the most refreshing portion.
- mesonoxian - Means "of or related to midnight."
- quarternight - Halfway between sundown and midnight.
- small hours - Midnight or 1 a.m. to dawn, when the numbered hours are "small."
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  midnight - 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"night, nighttime, dark - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outsidetime of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late" |
midnightnoun twelve o'clock, middle of the night, dead of night, twelve o'clock at night, the witching hour The entrance gates were locked at midnight.Translationsmidnight (ˈmidnait) noun twelve o'clock at night. I'll go to bed at midnight; (also adjective) a midnight attack. 午夜 午夜midnight
one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two afterSleep before midnight is more rejuvenating than sleep after midnight. The phrase encourages going to sleep at an early hour. No matter how often I tell my son that one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after, he still stays up too late playing video games. I've really noticed a difference in the quality of my sleep since I started going to bed earlier. It must be true that one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after!See also: after, before, midnight, one, sleep, two, worthburn the midnight oilTo stay up late working on a project or task. The phrase refers to the outdated practice of using an oil lamp. Denise has been burning the midnight oil trying to finish this report, so she must be exhausted. I'll need to burn the midnight oil to have any chance of finishing this paper before class tomorrow morning.See also: burn, midnight, oilon the stroke of (some specific time)Exactly at a specific time, especially the very beginning of the hour. The store is opening its doors on the stroke of midnight for the Black Friday sale. If you're not home on the stroke of 11, you're grounded!See also: of, on, specific, strokeone minute to midnight(At) the final moment before something happens or occurs. Tensions had been rising, with many assuming war was imminent, until a treaty was struck at one minute to midnight. Analysts are predicting that it is now one minute to midnight before another economic disaster.See also: midnight, minute, oneburn the midnight oilFig. to stay up working, especially studying, late at night. (Alludes to working by the light of an oil lamp late in the night.) I have a big exam tomorrow so I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight. If you burn the midnight oil night after night, you'll probably become ill.See also: burn, midnight, oilburn the midnight oilStay up late working or studying, as in The semester is almost over and we're all burning the midnight oil before exams. This expression alludes to the oil in oil lamps. [Early 1600s] See also: burn, midnight, oilburn the midnight oil If you burn the midnight oil, you stay up very late at night in order to finish a piece of work. He's been burning the midnight oil getting his article written. The truth is, I haven't been sleeping all that much lately. Burning the midnight oil. Note: The image here is of someone working late into the night by the light of an oil lamp. See also: burn, midnight, oilburn the midnight oil read or work late into the night.See also: burn, midnight, oilone minute to midnight the last moment or opportunity. informal 1998 New Scientist It's one minute to midnight for the discredited WHO. See also: midnight, minute, oneburn the midnight ˈoil work or study until very late at night: Before my exams, I was burning the midnight oil every night.See also: burn, midnight, oilon/at the ˌstroke of ˈeight, ˈmidnight, etc. at exactly eight o’clock, midnight, etc: She gets to work at the stroke of nine every day.See also: of, on, stroke burn the midnight oil To work or study very late at night.See also: burn, midnight, oilburn the midnight oil, toTo stay up late, studying or working. This expression, which may well be as old as the first oil lamp, appeared in English in the mid-seventeenth century. It has been traced to a poem by Francis Quarles (“Emblems,” 1635): “Wee spend our midday sweat, or midnight oyle; wee tyre the night in thought; the day in toyle.” A more recent example is found in David Baldacci’s Hour Game (2004): “You don’t want to burn the midnight oil too much; it’s bad for your complexion.”See also: burn, midnightMidnight
Midnight the moment at which, for a given point on earth, the center of the sun (the true sun or the mean sun) is in the lower culmination. The apparent midnight corresponds to a meridian transit by the true sun, while the mean midnight corresponds to a transit by the mean sun. The time at which midnight occurs depends on the geographic longitude. Midnight begins one hour later for every 15° of longitude to the west. All data in astronomical almanacs are calculated for mean midnight at the Greenwich meridian, from which universal time is figured. AcronymsSeeminutemidnight
Related to midnight: Midnight OilSynonyms for midnightnoun twelve o'clockSynonyms- twelve o'clock
- middle of the night
- dead of night
- twelve o'clock at night
- the witching hour
Words related to midnightnoun 12 o'clock at nightRelated Words- night
- nighttime
- dark
- time of day
- hour
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