night

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnaɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/naɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nīt)

Collocations for "night"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "night" in context.

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night

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [still, freezing, breezy, clear, sharp, dark] night
  2. a cold [fall, winter] night
  3. a warm [spring, summer] night
  4. [last, tomorrow] night
  5. last night's [dinner, soup, argument]
  6. [dance, prom, graduation, poker, football] night
  7. had a [great, wonderful, fantastic] night (together, out)
  8. a night (out) at the [theater, party, club]
  9. [seven] nights in [New York]
  10. the [office, supermarket, car park] is closed at night
  11. the [house, door, garage] is always locked at night
  12. by night she is a [student, waitress]
  13. see [Paris] by night
  14. spent a (long) night in [jail, a cell, the slammer]
  15. spend the night together
  16. slept [well, awfully, really bad, comfortably] last night
  17. had [trouble, problems, difficulty] sleeping last night
  18. heard a [noise, bump, thump] in the night
  19. the [room, cupboards, doors] went bump in the night
  20. was [broken into, burgled, burglarized] during the night
  21. the performer was getting [ready, geared up] for her big night
  22. the [group, band] is performing (in town) for one night only
  23. they were [just, merely] strangers in the night
  24. night is [close, falling]
  25. the nights are drawing [in, out]
  26. the (room) price per night
  27. a night of [despair, woes, misfortune]
  28. a [long, dark] night in [American, European] history
  29. a long, (dark) night of the soul
n as adj
  1. a night [cap, owl, watchman]
  2. the night [watch, patrol, sky]
  3. work the night shift
  4. a night [stay, away] (at)
  5. a one-night [stand, affair]
'night' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Friday - Monday - Paris - Saturday - Sunday - Tuesday - Wednesday - abroad - accommodation - active - air - all - alley - alone - amazing - arrest - attack - awake - baked - barn - battle - beam - beast - beat - bed - bird - black - blackout - blast - blaze - blow - boil - booze - bow - boy - bunk - bus - cab - calm - cast - cautious - celebrate - chain - chat - chilly - chorus - clear - clench - cloak - close

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