overnight
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
Adverb 2 meanings
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
“Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.”
In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
“The change seemed to happen overnight.”
Adjective 3 meanings
Occurring between dusk and dawn.
“The overnight ferry docked at 10 a.m.”
Complete before the next morning.
“Don't expect overnight delivery.”
For which participants stay overnight.
“They sent their kids to overnight camp.”
Verb 2 meanings
To stay overnight; to spend the night.
To send something for delivery the next day.
“We can overnight you the documents for signature.”
Noun 3 meanings
An item delivered or completed overnight.
“Have you looked at the overnights yet?”
An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over + night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently.
OVERNIGHT at a glance
OVERNIGHT has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (O 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + N 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,149 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with overnight
All rhymesOne letter away
- OVERSIGHT16
- OVERTIGHT16
- OVERDIGHT17
- OVERLIGHT16
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