Meaning of night | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The 92nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
2. The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
   countable
3. night (the period between sunset and sunrise)
4. The goddess of the night in Heathenry.
   Germanic
5. night and day, unceasingly; continually.
6. The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
   countable
7. evening (after sunset)
8. an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia.
9. A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
   countable
10. after dark, (late) at night, nocturnally
11. an abnormal love of the night.
12. An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
    countable
13. the act of walking or wandering at night. — noctivagant, noctivagous, adj.
14. A day, or at least a night.
    countable
15. night-blindness.
16. Nightfall.
    uncountable
17. an abnormal fear of shadows.
18. Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
    uncountable
19. A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
    uncountable
20. achluphobia.
21. A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
    colloquial, countable, uncountable
22. also darkness.
23. The period of time between sunset and sunrise:nighttime.
24. Of or occurring during the night:nightly, nocturnal.

Equivalents

Examples

“Most animals are awake at day and sleep at night.”

“The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.”

“Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.”

“a night on the town”

“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.”

“I stayed my friend's house for three nights.”

“from noon till night”

“The cat disappeared into the night.”

“"In this prayer, Sigdrifa calls upon powers of Nature - Day, Night, Earth - and the gods and goddesses as a group.”

“Hail to Night and her daughters.”

“In another story, the Allfather, the original sky god from early Wyrd culture, took Night and her son Day, and gave to each of them a horse and chariot and put them in the sky, so that they should ride around the world every twenty-four hours.”

CEFR level