night person
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4.1
- noun
- /naɪt ˈpɜrsən/
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persona nocturna
- As a night person, she finds it easier to concentrate when everyone else is asleep.
- night person," he said
So she is a lark, she's a morning person, he's an owl, he's a night person.
- So she is a lark, she's a morning person, he's an owl, he's a night person.
Examples
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He loves working on creative projects late at night because he's a night person.
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I'm a night person.
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- Are you a night person too?
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Are you a day person or a night person?
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"Uncle Frank is a night person," he said.
Fiction book (1995) -
I am not much of a cook, or much of a night person, whereas he is good at both.
Blog text (15) -
I'm more of a night person.
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I'm a beach person and a night person.
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So if you can, if you're a night person, you do your best work at that time.
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l've always been more of a night person myself.
Synonyms
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3.4
A person who stays up late and does things at night
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6.0
A person who prefers to be awake and active at night
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8.0
A person who prefers being awake late at night
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8.9
A person who likes to be awake and active late at night
Antonyms
How Nocturnal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who prefers to be active at night' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'night' (the nightly period) with 'person' (a human individual). This simple noun–noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase night person comes from the simple image of a person who is active in the night, like an owl that stays awake while others sleep. So, it means 'a person who prefers to be active at night and stay up late'.