overnight
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1.2
- adverb
- /ˌoʊvərˈnaɪt/
- We decided to stay at the hotel overnight before continuing our journey in the morning.
- stay overnight
- sleep overnight
- leave overnight
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then you leave them to dry overnight uncovered.
- And then you leave them to dry overnight uncovered.
- Our fathers one call to tell our mother the jury would be sequestered overnight in courthouse cells.
- Take that apple and put it in your freezer overnight.
- What has stayed in me overnight so that I'm still me?
Examples
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Wait, so we're staying overnight?
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You are our guest only overnight, and already reporters are inquiring for you.
Fiction book (1993) -
However, she seemed willing enough to stay overnight and let me bring her here this morning.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can keep it here overnight, and I'll take you back to your airport.
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Can you get it here overnight?
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May I keep it overnight?
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We want to keep him overnight for observation, but he'll be able to go home in the morning.
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If you decide to stay overnight, we will go to my brother-in-law's house.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'd just like to keep him here overnight, then start sessions with a child psychologist.
Fiction book (1992) -
-We'll keep you overnight.
Synonyms
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1.0
During the whole night from evening until morning
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1.8
During the whole night
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3.4
Lasts or stays open through the whole night
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3.9
Lasting for the whole night
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Etymology
Overnight The word overnight is simply over + night, which you can read as 'through the night' or 'during the night', so it means for the duration of a single night.