Overnight
[əʊvə'naɪt] or ['ovənaɪt]
Definition
(adv.) during or for the length of one night; 'the fish marinates overnight'.
(adv.) happening in a short time or with great speed; 'these solutions cannot be found overnight!'.
Inputed by Celia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.
(adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.
Typed by Dominic
Definition
n. the forepart of the evening esp. that of the day just past.—adv. during the night: on the evening of the day just past.
Inputed by Leila
Examples
- Priscilla leaves him out the loaf and some milk, when there is any, overnight. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Skimpole was as agreeable at breakfast as he had been overnight. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I had been telling her all that had happened overnight. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I called to mind, now my thoughts were directed that way, what had passed between Mr. Franklin and Rosanna overnight. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When the morning came, your language and conduct showed that you were absolutely ignorant of what you had said and done overnight. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The change in the weather, foreshadowed overnight, had come. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His fits of dozing were as sudden as they had been overnight, and were as short and profound. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She did not seem to want to talk whenever I saw her, except overnight, when I couldn't make out what she was saying--she seemed too much worn down. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My aunt's correspondence of the morning--including the six awakening letters which I had posted overnight--was lying unopened on the library table. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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