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overnight 1, adverb(dictionary)
overnight 2, adjective(dictionary)
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overnight (iou)



overnight adverb, noun, adjective, & verb. ME.
[from OVER- + NIGHT noun.]
A. adverb.
On the preceding evening; the night before (with implication of continuation until the following morning). ME.
During the night; for the duration of a night. LME.
G. S. Haight Mary Ann went..to visit..staying overnight with the Samuel Evanses.
During the course of a single night; transf. suddenly, instantaneously, rapidly. M20.
A. Brookner Suddenly, it seemed overnight, the false spring was eclipsed.
b. noun.
The preceding evening. Now chiefly US. L16.
A stop or stay lasting for one night. Also, something that arrived or happened during the night. M20.
M. Binchy He did get back..for an overnight now and then.
C. adjective.
Of or pertaining to the previous evening; done, happening, operating, etc., overnight. E19.
J. Galt The broken weapons of the overnight assault. S. Rosenberg An overnight train was taking us to Leningrad.
For the duration of one night; (of a person) staying overnight; for use on a stay of one night. E20.
A. Lurie He retrieves his briefcase..and overnight bag.
b. Designating the price of a share etc. at the close of business on the previous day. E20.
transf. Sudden, instant, rapid. M20.
N. Sedaka The show went over, and..I was an overnight sensation.
D. verb.
verb intrans. Stay for the night (at or in). L19.
Drive You could trek deep into the forest, overnighting in a bivouac.
verb trans. Convey (goods) overnight. N. Amer. L20.
overnighter noun (a) a bag for use overnight; (b) a person who stops at a place overnight; (c) N. Amer. an overnight trip or stop: M20.