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nighttime

nighttime

93 1.0
The time after the sun goes down and before it comes up when it is dark outside
  • noun
  • /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/
translation icon : noche
  • Nighttime is when predators like to feed.
  • nighttime noise
  • nighttime traffic
  • nighttime sleep

And then last step for nighttime is my lip mask.

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Examples

  • Melatonin sets the nighttime rhythm for our circadian rhythm.

  • I am struck by the continuing, increasing nighttime use of the beaches by shorebirds, gulls, and terns.

    Academic text (1994)

  • I can see on the camera usually a nighttime scene like this outdoors.

  • There has been someone swimming at nighttime.

    Lady in the Water (2006)

  • Rebecca missed her nighttime performance.

    Theater Camp (2023)

  • Hey, Peter, you wanna do a little nighttime muskie fishing?

    Blood Hook (1987)

  • For example, working at night creates a reversed pattern of nighttime activity and daytime sleep.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The next spring saw Lingren and his coworkers spying on the pests' nighttime behavior in cornfields.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Most animals are more active during nighttime when it is dark outside.

  • The children love to watch the stars in the nighttime sky.

Synonyms

night
vsnighttime
∞ 1.0

The time of darkness between sunset and sunrise

focuses on the hours after sunset and before sunrise as a named time span
dark
vsnighttime
456 1.0

The time when there is little or no light

refers to the hours after sunset and before sunrise rather than any unlit condition

Antonyms

daytime
131 1.0

The time when the sun is up

Surface Forms

nighttime singular
nighttimes plural

Morphology

nighttime = night + time (transparent) = night + time

The meaning is directly derived from 'night' and 'time', referring to the period of time during the night.

Etymology

Nighttime is made of the simple parts night and time, so it means the 'time' of 'night', the hours 'after sunset' and 'before sunrise'. That's why nighttime refers to the dark hours when it is dark outside.