overnight
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2.0
- adverb
- /ˌoʊvərˈnaɪt/
- The dinosaurs ruled our planet for millions of years, and yet they died out almost overnight.
- almost overnight
- virtually overnight
- become a millionaire overnight
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Watch on YouTubeAnd like that, like overnight, that show hit.
- And like that, like overnight, that show hit.
- And just like that, overnight, we're here.
- This doesn't happen overnight, but it's a slow unfolding process.
- And it doesn't go overnight, but it helps to createspace.
- It wasn't like all overnight to my closest friends and family.
- And so we went from no kids to two kids overnight to then a third pretty quickly.
- Then Walmart comes into town and overnight killed my business.
Examples
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Fortunes were made overnight, new wealth overnight.
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Once the wall came down, almost half of them disappeared overnight.
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And like that, like overnight, that show hit.
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And just like that, overnight, we're here.
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A billion dollars for our country overnight.
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Overnight, I become the big boss.
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Also overnight Joe Biden pulled ahead in the state of Georgia.
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It's like he's changed overnight.
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Overnight, all the good things I had ever done in my life evaporated.
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After years of struggle, she became a successful author almost overnight when her novel topped the bestseller list.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
At a fast speed or without delay
∞
1.0
At once without waiting
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1.4
In a very short time
310
1.0
Right away without any delay
156
1.3
Very quickly, in a short time
75
1.0
Quickly and smoothly
32
2.5
Very quickly in a single moment
25
5.6
Happen at once without delay
24
3.3
Very quickly, in almost no time
19
3.5
Very quickly without delay
2
3.0
It happens very quickly with little effort
2
8.5
Very quickly without delay
1
7.0
In a very short time
1
5.1
Very quickly, in almost no time
1
7.9
In a very short time
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How Quickly
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Morphology
Etymology
Overnight A helpful way to remember the 'very quickly' sense of overnight is to think of something changing 'over the night' so it is new by morning; that's why we say something happened 'overnight' when it changed very fast.