overnight
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night
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nait
/ˌəʊvənˈaÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "overnight"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ, āĻāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇

during a single night
overnight definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The temperature dropped overnight, causing frost on the windows.
āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ, āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ

used to refer to something that lasts or happens the entire night
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lights were left on overnight to keep the parking lot illuminated.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ, āĻāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇

used to refer to something happening very quickly or suddenly, often within a short period
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city ’s weather changed overnight, going from warm and sunny to cold and stormy.
āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰ⧋āĻĻ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

a brief stay or stop that lasts for just one night
overnight definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The package included an overnight in a cozy countryside inn.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ āϏāϰāĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ

lasting or operating throughout the night
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hospital has an overnight emergency department for patients requiring urgent medical attention.
āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻāĻŽāύ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ, āϤāĻžā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•

happening or changing very quickly, often within a short period
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She became an overnight sensation after her video went viral.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to stay in a particular place for the duration of one night
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers overnighted at a mountain lodge before continuing their ascent.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšā§€āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰ⧋āĻšāĻŖ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤ āϞāĻœā§‡ āϰāĻžāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋, āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to transport goods during the night to ensure they arrive by the next day
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We overnighted the package to ensure it would be delivered first thing in the morning.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡āχ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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