📒 the time between one day and the next when it is dark, when people usually sleep
- at night These animals only come out at night.
- by night They sleep by day and hunt by night.
- in the night Does your baby still wake in the night?
📒 the evening until you go to bed
- Let's go out on Saturday night.
- Bill's parents came for dinner last night.
- She doesn't like to walk home late at night.
📒 an evening when a special event happens
- the first/opening night (= of a play, film, etc.)
- the last night of the play's run
- We’ll be up late on election night.
📒 to dance for the whole evening or night
📒 to sleep well/badly during the night
📒 to stay out late enjoying yourself
📒 in the quietest part of the night
- I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.
📒 used to say that a performance, an event, etc. will be successful even if the preparations for it have not gone well
📒 to make a particular activity that you enjoy last for a whole day/evening instead of only part of it
- We took a picnic lunch to the river and made a day of it.
- They decided to make a night of it and went on to a club.
📒 the morning after an evening of drinking
- Drink plenty of water the morning after the night before, and learn from experience.
📒 at all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that something happens very often or that it happens continuously)
- She talks about him morning, noon and night.
- The work continues morning, noon and night.
- It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night.
📒 all the time; continuously
- The machines are kept running night and day.
- The store is open day and night.
📒 used especially by children or to children, to mean ‘goodnight’
- ‘Night night, sleep tight!’
📒 an evening that you spend enjoying yourself away from home
- They enjoy a night out occasionally.
- Fancy a night out?
- I was getting myself ready for a night out.
📒 to stay with somebody for a night
- My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
📒 to stay with somebody for a night and have sex with them
📒 the time during the night when it is quiet and calm
📒 used to refer to ghosts and other supernatural things that cannot be explained
- There are mysterious lights in the sky and things that go bump in the night.