overnight
IPA: ˈoʊvɝnˈaɪt
noun
- Items delivered or completed overnight.
- An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
- (television, in the plural) Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.
- (obsolete) The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.
verb
- (intransitive) To stay overnight; to spend the night.
- (transitive, US) To send something for delivery the next day.
adjective
- Occurring between dusk and dawn.
- Complete before the next morning.
- For which participants stay overnight.
adverb
- During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
- (figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
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Examples of "overnight" in Sentences
- The dessert needs to sit in the refrigerator overnight to set properly
- The package was shipped overnight so it would arrive by the morning
- Our plans for the camping trip changed overnight due to unexpected weather
- The company experienced overnight success after their new product went viral
- The decision to move to a new city was made overnight, and they packed up their belongings quickly
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