Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Occurring between dusk and dawn.

    The overnight ferry docked at 10 a.m.

    ночно́йnočnój

  2. (not comparable)Complete before the next morning.

    Don't expect overnight delivery.

  3. (not comparable)For which participants stay overnight.

    They sent their kids to overnight camp.

    We went on an overnight ski trip.

More definitions
  • lasting, open, or operating through the whole night

Examples

189 sentences
  1. Tom got famous overnight.

    Том відразу став знаменитим. — deniko

    deTom ist über Nacht berühmt geworden. — octobaguette

  2. You should definitely stay overnight.

    Тобі безумовно треба залишитися переночувати. — deniko

  3. We stayed overnight in Boston.

    Ми залишилися в Бостоні на ніч. — deniko

    ruМы остались в Бостоне на ночь. — Ooneykcall

  4. Tom became famous overnight.

    Том миттєво став відомим. — Anjy

    ruЗа одну ночь Том стал знаменитостью. — sharptoothed

    deTom ist über Nacht berühmt geworden. — octobaguette

  5. I'd like to stay here overnight.

    deIch möchte gerne hier übernachten. — xtofu80

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
during a single night:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, o

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. Compare also Dutch overnachten (“to overnight”), Middle Low German ȫvernachten (“to overnight”), West Frisian oernachtsje (“to overnight”), Saterland Frisian uurnoachtje (“to overnight”).

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • stay overnight
  • stay overnight in
  • happen overnight

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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