OVERNIGHT
Dictionary entry overview: What does overnight mean? • OVERNIGHT (adjective)
The adjective OVERNIGHT has 1 sense:
1. lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
Familiarity information: OVERNIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.
• OVERNIGHT (adverb)
The adverb OVERNIGHT has 1 sense:
1. happening in a short time or with great speed
Familiarity information: OVERNIGHT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERNIGHT (adjective)
Meaning:
Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
Synonyms:
all-night; nightlong; overnight
Context examples:
a nightlong vigil / an all-night drugstore / an overnight trip
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
• OVERNIGHT (adverb)
Meaning:
Happening in a short time or with great speed
Context example:
these solutions cannot be found overnight!
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