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midnight
[ mid-nahyt ]
noun
- the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
adjective
- of or relating to midnight.
- resembling midnight, as in darkness.
midnight
/ ˈɪˌԲɪ /
noun
- the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night
- ( as modifier )
the midnight hour
- burn the midnight oilto work or study late into the night
Derived Forms
- ˈˌԾٱ, adjectiveadverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- nl adjective adverb
- Dz·n adjective
- ·n noun
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night:
After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation.
Example Sentences
"Lazarus" premieres at midnight on Saturday, April 5, on Adult Swim.
"I worked unsociable hours, I finished late, sometimes midnight or one in the morning, it was just the safest option for me to go down there."
Sherman shared alarming video from his residential security cameras of his home being burglarized at gunpoint by three men shortly after midnight March 30 — which happened to be the three-time All-Pro’s 37th birthday.
Measures such as the 25% tariff on automobiles starting at midnight on Thursday would "directly affect millions of Canadians", he added.
A new import tax of 25% on all foreign-built cars was also announced by Trump, coming into effect at midnight local time.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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