nighttime

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/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

cloudless, expensable, favorite, over, visible

VERB + NIGHTTIME

accustomed, discourage, going, started, work

NIGHTTIME + NOUN

ablutions, barbecue, class, eruptions, hours, low-lying, noise, prowlers

PREP.

from, in, in

ADV.

already, always

Definitions

noun

The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time

Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.

adj

Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.

Happening during the night.

Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.

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Synonyms

noun — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark ou

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time

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Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.

Wiktionary

Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.

Wiktionary

Even at nighttime, it was not quiet and peaceful any more.

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It's already nighttime.

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It was nighttime.

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