nite
7.8
Happening at night and describing events or places
- adjective
- /naɪt/
- Informal
:
nocturno
- The city hosts a popular nite market every Friday during the summer.
Examples
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We went to a nite club that played jazz music until 2 a.m.
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She loves going to nite clubs with her friends.
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She wore her favorite dress to the annual nite festival downtown.
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We are having a nite picnic at the park.
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They enjoyed dancing at a lively nite club that featured local DJs.
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The annual music festival includes exciting performances at nite in the park.
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She prefers to have movie marathons on nite weekends with her friends.
Synonyms
evening
vsnite
584
1.0
A short greeting said late in the day or at night
is an informal spelling used before a noun to mean occurring during dark hours
nighttime
vsnite
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1.0
The time after the sun goes down and before it comes up when it is dark outside
is an informal spelling used before a noun to mean happening at that time
Surface Forms
nite positive
Etymology
Nite is an informal spelling of night that was made to look shorter and catch the eye in signs and speech, so when you see 'nite club' it means a club open at 'night'.