I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an overnight bag (= a small suitcase or bag for a short stay somewhere )
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All you need to take is an overnight bag.
an overnight stay
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Business trips may involve an overnight stay.
change overnight (= very quickly )
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Old habits cannot be changed overnight.
overnight bag
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He packed an overnight bag and left.
overnight stop
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The trip includes an overnight stop in London.
packed...overnight bag
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He packed an overnight bag and left.
stay the night/stay overnight/stay over (= stay from one evening to the next day )
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Did you stay the night at Carolyn’s?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
appear
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Geologically, parts of the country are still evolving, like the island of Surtsey, which appeared overnight in 1973.
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Stunning new products and levels of service do not appear overnight .
change
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He was a patient man: he knew that the attitude of Heads and teachers could not be changed overnight .
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When radar was directed toward Mercury in the early I960s the situation changed overnight .
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Your footy fortunes can change overnight .
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But they will not change overnight .
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Attitudes and mentalities fashioned over 30 years did not change overnight .
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Though the conditions of supply had changed overnight in October 1981, the conditions of demand for mortgage securities had not.
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People's perception of me changed overnight .
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And needs change overnight , as many executives and senior managers have found to their dismay in the past several years.
disappear
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However, one of them disappeared overnight , after being perfectly healthy during the day.
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This is not something that is going to disappear overnight .
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And they always know it can disappear overnight .
dry
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Leave to dry overnight before gently bending back the waxed paper and lifting off the piped outlines with a palette knife.
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The suit dried overnight , while he slept.
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Allow to dry overnight , then buff with a soft cloth.
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Allow the graph to dry overnight before hanging it up.
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Trim neatly around bottom edge and leave to dry overnight .
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Leave to dry overnight until hard.
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Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again.
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But it does make sense to paint floors last thing at night, giving the paint a chance to dry overnight .
happen
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A positive attitude towards ageing doesn't happen overnight , it comes with age.
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Here the dislocation seemed to happen overnight .
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However, it is not something that happens overnight .
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This perception did not happen overnight , and can not be changed overnight by candidates or wives.
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Of course, what became this major achievement did not happen overnight .
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The greatest lineout jumper in the world is not going to walk into any old team and have it happen overnight .
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Change doesn't happen overnight so we must continue to address real concerns, use real science and aim for realistic targets.
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Of course this will not happen overnight .
refrigerate
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When cool, refrigerate overnight with weight still on.
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Cover and refrigerate overnight or for several hours.
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Stir lightly to dissolve. Refrigerate overnight or at least 6 hours.
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Let stand at room temperature 3 to 4 hours or refrigerate overnight .
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Let sit 1 hour at room temperature or cover and refrigerate overnight .
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It is best to refrigerate overnight .
stay
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Bigdollar contributors were offered overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom.
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She says your child has been admitted but call back later to see if she is going to stay overnight .
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We were staying overnight at Blackburn bothy, which is set in a small wood with a stream wending through it.
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Our hospital policy permits fathers to live-in with the mother and stay overnight . 7.
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He arrived unannounced yesterday and stayed overnight .
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On a Saturday, supporters driving hundreds of miles from east and west Tennessee could stay overnight without missing work.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several members of the board became millionaires overnight .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I got out of bed, and my back had stiffened up overnight to where I could just barely bend.
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It was a lost opportunity, but you can't change some people overnight .
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Nothing really worthwhile can be accomplished overnight or without a lot of effort on your part.
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The volunteers fasted overnight , or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon.
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We stayed overnight in a motor camp in Picton and continued next day, southwards down the east coast to Kaikoura.
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When radar was directed toward Mercury in the early I960s the situation changed overnight .
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
accommodation
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Included in the cost is all overnight accommodation .
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For $ 239, you and your Valentine are treated to the same fabulous dinner, and overnight accommodations .
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Except where * indicates that overnight accommodation for 3 nights in Budapest is on a bed and breakfast basis.
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Day 8 Agra-Khajuraho A morning flight will take you to Khajuraho with overnight accommodation at the Taj.
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Several can offer overnight accommodation to pilots socked-inn by weather.
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Many of these huts provide overnight accommodation if you feel like being a bit adventurous.
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Ultimately, it is expected to provide overnight accommodation for up to 30 volunteers.
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The cost of your ticket, plus overnight accommodation and full Yorkshire breakfast, will be £28.50.
bag
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She looked at him, then realised her overnight bag was in the boot.
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She gave him five minutes to pack an overnight bag under Dexter's supervision and say farewell to his family.
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Bring a friend or relative for moral support and help in juggling insurance forms and your overnight bag .
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She received her overnight bag and Rachel's box from Bryn and thanked him warmly.
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She collected an overnight bag and left.
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I packed an overnight bag and went and checked the street through a chink in the curtain.
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Unzipping her overnight bag , she took out a copy of one of Puddephat's books.
case
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An overnight case had been placed carefully on a sheet of newspaper.
change
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Being the contrary cuss he was, he did not find this overnight change of ambience entirely melancholy.
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Or perhaps he found traditional concepts so firmly entrenched that he was powerless to effect any radical overnight change .
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There was never a big overnight change .
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Drastic overnight changes will certainly lead to digestive upsets.
leader
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Stewart's 67 left him a stroke ahead of his playing partner Rodger Davies and two in front of the overnight leader , Bernhard Langer.
rain
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The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain .
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After an overnight rain , the sky appeared clear and blue.
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Andrew Caddick was probably only reprieved by overnight rain which gave the pitch an early greenish tinge.
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Officials believe one explanation may be the heavy overnight rain in the area prevented the tar from bonding.
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There was blood on the ground from the exit wound which had not been entirely washed away by the overnight rain .
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It was a clear day, cloudless and cold, with the overnight rain still glistening on the cobbles.
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Among them was a small cuddly bunny wrapped in a plastic bag against the overnight rain .
stay
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We arrive in Innsbruck for dinner and an overnight stay .
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On to the Muskoka resort region for an overnight stay at the Highwayman Inn.
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An overnight stay in Fort Lauderdale is complimentary for passengers departing from the West Coast.
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His trips usually involve an overnight stay , and he pays the company rent for this occasional occupation.
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The average charge for an overnight stay in such historic surroundings was £16 for the four of us, including breakfast.
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Yes, if you have to spend any time in hospital as the result of an accident which requires an overnight stay .
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A six-hour delay on an overnight stay ?
stop
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Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse.
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Foreigners generally get off at Novosibirsk for an overnight stop , but I stayed on the train.
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If you wish, we can arrange for your luggage to be sent on ahead to each of the overnight stops .
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One such overnight stop was in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to stay with and enlist the support of pilot Dorothy Leh.
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Souk Sebt, a Saturday marketplace, was our overnight stop .
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This journey also includes an overnight stop near Wurzburg.
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We cross to Calais and continue to Brussels for our first overnight stop .
success
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Euston Films' future Christmas Period Stand-By was not an overnight success .
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Galway's revival is no overnight success .
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Bassett was closely involved in the success of Wimbledon's Crazy Gang, so he is no overnight success.
train
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Edward had arrived by the overnight train and felt like death.
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Following the Sunday events, Joe saw a thoroughly inebriated Longworth off on the overnight train .
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Day 5 Sat Aswan-Cairo Another free day before taking the overnight train to Cairo.
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If you take the overnight train across the country beware of public holidays when they're very crowded.
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Only an overnight train journey, however, divides it from tropical areas and their exotic products.
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I at once applied for leave, which was granted, and set off for Edinburgh on the overnight train .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an overnight delivery service
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After an overnight rain, the sky appeared clear and blue.
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Dealer financing rate for overnight sale and repurchase of Treasury securities.
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In 1981, it had 26 percent of the overnight market; by 1989, it was down to 12 percent.
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She gave him five minutes to pack an overnight bag under Dexter's supervision and say farewell to his family.
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The key overnight rate will settle at 0. 45 percent, the same as yesterday, a money market broker said.
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They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnight soaking.