MIDNIGHT


Meaning of MIDNIGHT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪdnaɪt ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Midnight is twelve o’clock in the middle of the night.

It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment...

N-UNCOUNT : usu prep N

2.

Midnight is used to describe something which happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night.

It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline...

ADJ : ADJ n

3.

If someone is burning the midnight oil , they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.

Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.

PHRASE : V inflects

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