| Pronunciation: | | 'nIt`tIm
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- [adj] happening during or appropriate to the night; "nighttime attire"; "the cat's nighttime prowls"
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| | Synonyms: | | dark, night, nightly, nocturnal |
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| | Antonyms: | | daylight, daytime, daytime |
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| | See Also: | | day, evening, late-night hour, lights-out, mean solar day, midnight, period, period of time, small hours, solar day, time period, twenty-four hours, wedding night, weeknight |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Night"time`\, n.
The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to {daytime}.
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