Definition of overnight Overnight

/owˈvɚnajˈt/ - [owvernayt] - o•ver•night

We found 16 definitions of overnight from 6 different sources.

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What does overnight mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adverb

overnight - during or for the length of one night; "the fish marinates overnight"
overnight - happening in a short time or with great speed; "these solutions cannot be found overnight!"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • overnight (Noun)
    Items delivered or completed overnight.
  • overnight (Noun)
    An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
  • overnight (Noun)
    The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.
  • overnight (Adverb)
    Throughout the night.
  • overnight (Adverb)
    During a single night.
  • overnight (Adverb)
    In a very short but unspecified amount of time.
  • overnight (Adjective)
    Occurring between dusk and dawn.
  • overnight (Adjective)
    Complete before the next morning.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • overnight (n.)
    The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.
  • overnight (adv.)
    In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • overnight
    During or throughout the night.
  • overnight
    In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • overnight
    ō′vėr-nīt, n. the forepart of the evening, esp. that of the day just past.—adv. during the night: on the evening of the day just past

Part of speech

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  • overnight, verb, present, 1st person singular of overnight (infinitive).
  • overnight, verb (infinitive).
  • overnight, noun, singular of overnights.

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