night /naɪt/
1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
synset: night, nighttime, dark
antonym: day, daytime, daylight
2. a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
synset: night
3. the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
synset: night
4. the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"
synset: night
5. darkness; "it vanished into the night"
synset: night
6. a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
synset: night
7. the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"
synset: night
8. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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