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Noun
S:
(n)
night
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nighttime
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dark
(the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
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(n)
night
(a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom)
S:
(n)
night
(the period spent sleeping)
"I had a restless night"
S:
(n)
night
(the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit)
"three nights later he collapsed"
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(n)
night
(darkness)
"it vanished into the night"
S:
(n)
night
(a shortening of nightfall)
"they worked from morning to night"
S:
(n)
night
(the time between sunset and midnight)
"he watched television every night"
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(n)
Nox
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Night
(Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx)