Definition of 'night'

Noun

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

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