white
- adjective
- /waɪt/
- UK
- During spring and summer months, low latitudes get white nights, which would normally prevent you from seeing the Aurora.
- white nights
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Examples
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- White nights getting to you?
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Two days later, I return to the white nights along the Neva River.
Fiction book (2002) -
Although this author did witness magnificent displays during white nights, the auroras of such intensity don't happen often.
Academic text (2010) -
During the white nights in Saint Petersburg, the sky remains bright even at midnight.
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The phenomenon of white nights attracts tourists who want to experience the endless daylight.
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In the far north, the white nights create a magical atmosphere for summer celebrations.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to reach a very difficult or impossible goal for a long time
- Slur
People say it when something seems typical of white people and shows white privilege
Compounds
The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works
- Offensive
A person who thinks white people are better than other races and should control society
- Slur
An insulting word for poor white people, especially in the southern United States
- Offensive
The belief that white people are better than people of other races and should control society
- Specialized
A steady sound made of all tones that hides other sounds and helps people sleep
- Specialized
Tissue in the brain and spinal cord that carries messages between different brain areas
- US
A small whale like the beluga that is white as an adult and lives in very cold northern waters
- Slur
A very offensive racial insult for a white person that compares them to Black people
- Specialized
A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat
A pale, silver-coloured metal that people make by mixing gold with other metals for jewellery
A light-colored spice that comes from ripe peppercorns with their skins removed and has a milder taste than black pepper
- Slur
A white man, often middle-aged or older, who feels very upset and bitter about social change
A North American deer with a white underside to its tail that it raises when scared
- Informal
An expensive thing that costs a lot to keep and is more trouble than it is worth
- Offensive
A person who wants white people to live apart from people of other races
- Archaic
A printed list of people's names and home phone numbers in alphabetical order
- Offensive
The idea that white people must rule and civilize non-white people
- Formal
A very formal men's evening dress code requiring a white bow tie and tailcoat
- US
A North American tree with pale green or silvery leaf undersides and hard brown wood used for furniture
A white person with British family background who follows Protestant Christianity and is often from a socially important group
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Etymology
White in 'white nights' comes from hwīt meaning 'light' and describes nights that stay bright because the sun hardly sets. So a white night is a night that does not get dark.