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{
"term": "night",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the time between one day and the next when it is dark, when people usually sleep",
"sensetop": "at nightby nightin the nighton the night of…per night",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These animals only come out at night.",
"contextForm": "at night"
},
{
"text": "They sleep by day and hunt by night.",
"contextForm": "by night"
},
{
"text": "Does your baby still wake in the night?",
"contextForm": "in the night"
},
{
"text": "She woke up **in the middle of the night**."
},
{
"text": "The accident happened on Friday night."
},
{
"text": "on the night of 10 January/January 10",
"contextForm": "on the night of…"
},
{
"text": "Did you hear the storm **last night**?"
},
{
"text": "I lay awake **all night**."
},
{
"text": "Where did you **spend the night**?"
},
{
"text": "You're welcome to **stay the night** here."
},
{
"text": "What is he doing calling **at this time of night**?"
},
{
"text": "You'll feel better after you've had **a good night's sleep**."
},
{
"text": "She spent a **sleepless night** tossing and turning."
},
{
"text": "The trip was for ten nights."
},
{
"text": "The hotel costs €95 per person per night.",
"contextForm": "per night"
},
{
"text": "the night train/boat/flight"
},
{
"text": "The **night sky** was clear and full of stars."
},
{
"text": "**Night fell** *(= it became dark)*."
},
{
"text": "Ask your Mum if you can stay the night."
},
{
"text": "I lie awake at night worrying."
},
{
"text": "He spent a sleepless night worrying about money."
},
{
"text": "I woke in the night."
},
{
"text": "One fateful night he was involved in an accident that changed his life forever."
},
{
"text": "Paris by night"
},
{
"text": "She kissed him good night."
},
{
"text": "The night fell quickly."
},
{
"text": "They spent the night in Bristol."
},
{
"text": "I'm taking the night train."
},
{
"text": "Where were you on the night of 10 January?"
}
],
"topics": ["Time"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["last", "tomorrow", "the next"],
"verb + night": ["have", "spend", "stay"],
"night + verb": ["come", "fall", "progress"],
"night + noun": ["air", "sky", "breeze"],
"preposition": ["at night", "by night", "during the night"],
"phrases": ["all night long", "at this time of night", "day and night"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the evening until you go to bed",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's go out **on Saturday night**."
},
{
"text": "Bill's parents came for dinner **last night**."
},
{
"text": "She doesn't like to walk home **late at night**."
},
{
"text": "I saw her in town **the other night** *(= a few nights ago)*."
},
{
"text": "I'm working late **tomorrow night**."
},
{
"text": "He had plans to spend a quiet night at home."
},
{
"text": "Some nights he comes home late."
},
{
"text": "There's late night shopping on Fridays."
},
{
"text": "a fun night of partying"
},
{
"text": "He spent another lonely night in front of the television."
},
{
"text": "Every night it's the same—dinner, TV, bed."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["last", "tomorrow", "Friday"],
"night + noun": ["school"],
"preposition": ["at night", "by night", "on Friday, etc. night"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an evening when a special event happens",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **first/opening night** *(= of a play, film, etc.)*"
},
{
"text": "the last night of the play's run"
},
{
"text": "We’ll be up late on election night."
},
{
"text": "a karaoke night"
},
{
"text": "an Irish/Scottish, etc. night *(= with Irish/Scottish music, entertainment, etc.)*"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["first", "opening", "last"],
"phrases": ["make a night of it", "a night out"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to dance for the whole evening or night",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to sleep well/badly during the night",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stay out late enjoying yourself",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in the quietest part of the night",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that a performance, an event, etc. will be successful even if the preparations for it have not gone well",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a particular activity that you enjoy last for a whole day/evening instead of only part of it",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We took a picnic lunch to the river and made a day of it."
},
{
"text": "They decided to make a night of it and went on to a club."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the morning after an evening of drinking",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Drink plenty of water the morning after the night before, and learn from experience."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "at all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that something happens very often or that it happens continuously)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She talks about him morning, noon and night."
},
{
"text": "The work continues morning, noon and night."
},
{
"text": "It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "all the time; continuously",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The machines are kept running night and day."
},
{
"text": "The store is open day and night."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used especially by children or to children, to mean ‘goodnight’",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Night night, sleep tight!’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an evening that you spend enjoying yourself away from home",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They enjoy a night out occasionally."
},
{
"text": "Fancy a night out?"
},
{
"text": "I was getting myself ready for a night out."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to stay with somebody for a night",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My daughter's spending the night with a friend."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stay with somebody for a night and have sex with them",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the time during the night when it is quiet and calm",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to refer to ghosts and other supernatural things that cannot be explained",
"labels": "(informal, humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are mysterious lights in the sky and things that go bump in the night."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/naɪt/",
"audio": "ni/night/night__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/naɪt/",
"audio": "ni/night/night__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux."
}