overnightadjective, adverb
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈnaɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈnaɪt/overnight adjective, adverb (TIME OF DAY)
B1 for or during the night:
an overnight stop in Paris
You can stay overnight if you want to.
Don't forget to pack an overnight bag (= a bag for things that you need when you stay away from home for a night).
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- Several of the injured were detained overnight in hospital.
- The temperature could fall below zero overnight.
- I emptied the closet and put my belongings into the black overnight case.
- I'm travelling overnight so I've booked a sleeper.
- The overnight invasion took the military experts unawares.
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Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- at the crack of dawn idiom
- bedtime
- circadian
- crepuscular
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- last orders
- lighting-up time
- local time
- lunch hour
- o'clock
- office hours
- opening time
- playtime
- pm
- rush hour
- twilit
- watershed
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overnight adjective, adverb (SUDDENLY)
C2 suddenly and unexpectedly:
She became a star overnight.
The book was an overnight success.
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Not expected or planned
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- adventitious
- against (all) the odds/against all odds idiom
- explosive
- involuntary
- it's just one of those things idiom
- just like that idiom
- make sth up as you go along idiom
- muddle
- rude
- spur
- unawares
- undreamed of
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- unintended
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