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Meaning of overnight

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

overnight

noun

Definitions

  1. Items delivered or completed overnight.

    Example: Have you looked at the overnights yet?

  2. An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.

  3. (in the plural) Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.

  4. The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.

verb

Definitions

  1. To stay overnight; to spend the night.

  2. To send something for delivery the next day.

    Example: We can overnight you the documents for signature.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Occurring between dusk and dawn.

    Example: The overnight ferry docked at 10AM.

  2. Complete before the next morning.

    Example: Don't expect overnight delivery.

  3. Of an activity or event in which participants stay overnight.

    Example: They sent their kids to overnight camp.

adverb

Definitions

  1. During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.

    Example: Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.

  2. In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

    Example: The change seemed to happen overnight.