midnightnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmɪd.naɪt/us/ˈmɪd.naɪt/A2 twelve o'clock in the middle of the night:
There's a great film on TV at midnight.
It was after midnight when we got home.
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- By midnight I was virtually comatose.
- She waited until well after midnight.
- By midnight, there were customers standing six deep at the bar.
- We didn't arrive at our hotel until after midnight.
- I told you quite explicitly to be home by midnight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- at the crack of dawn idiom
- bedtime
- circadian
- crepuscular
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- last orders
- lighting-up time
- local time
- lunch hour
- office hours
- opening time
- overnight
- playtime
- pm
- rush hour
- twilit
- watershed
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