Meaning & Definition of Night in English

1. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

2. A period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

3. The period spent sleeping

• "I had a restless night"

4. The dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit

• "Three nights later he collapsed"

5. Darkness

• "It vanished into the night"

6. A shortening of nightfall

• "They worked from morning to night"

7. The time between sunset and midnight

• "He watched television every night"

8. Roman goddess of night

• Daughter of erebus

• Counterpart of greek nyx