noun
1 when it is dark and most people sleep
ADJECTIVE
▪ last , tomorrow
▪ the next , the previous
▪ the entire , the whole
▪ Friday , Saturday , etc.
▪ early , late
▪
I think I'll have an early ~ (= go to bed early) .
▪ long
▪ winter , etc.
▪ bad , fitful , restless , rough , sleepless
▪ restful
▪ lonely
▪ black , dark , moonless , pitch-black
▪ clear , moonlit , starlit , starry
▪ beautiful
▪ cloudy
▪ chilly , cold , foggy , freezing , rainy , snowy , stormy
▪ humid , muggy , warm
▪ wedding
VERB + NIGHT
▪ have
▪ spend
▪
They spent the ~ in a hotel.
▪ stay
▪
Ask your mother if you can stay the ~.
NIGHT + VERB
▪ come , fall
▪
The ~ fell quickly.
▪ progress , wear on
▪
As the ~ wore on, it grew colder.
NIGHT + NOUN
▪ air , sky
▪ breeze
▪ duty , patrol , shift
▪ sight , vision
▪ sweats , terrors
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
I lie awake at ~ worrying.
▪ by ~
▪
Paris by ~
▪ during the ~ , in the ~
▪
I woke in the ~.
▪ for a/the ~ , on Friday, etc. ~ , per ~
▪
The hotel costs €265 per person per ~.
▪ through the ~ , throughout the ~
PHRASES
▪ all ~ long
▪ at this time of ~
▪ day and ~ , ~ and day (= all the time)
▪ a good night's sleep
▪ good ~
▪
She kissed him good ~.
▪ in the dead of ~ (= in the middle of the night)
▪ morning, noon and ~ (= all the time)
2 time between late afternoon and when you go to bed
ADJECTIVE
▪ last , tomorrow
▪ Friday , Saturday , etc.
▪ weekday
▪ the other
▪
I saw her the other ~ ( = a few nights ago ).
▪ the next , the previous
▪ lonely
▪
He spent another lonely ~ in front of the television.
▪ busy , eventful
▪ quiet
▪
He had plans to spend a quiet ~ at home.
▪ fateful
▪
One fateful ~ he was involved in an accident that changed his life forever.
NIGHT + NOUN
▪ school
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
She doesn't like to walk home late at ~.
▪ by ~
▪ on Friday, etc. ~
3 evening when a special event happens
ADJECTIVE
▪ first , opening
▪ last
▪
the last ~ of the play's run
▪ big , eventful , fun , great , memorable
▪ drunken
▪
a drunken ~ of partying
▪ dance , election , karaoke , prom ( AmE ), quiz ( esp. BrE )
▪ Halloween
PHRASES
▪ make a ~ of it
▪
They decided to make a ~ of it and went on to a club.
▪ a ~ out
▪
I was getting myself ready for a ~ out.
▪
a girls' ~ out