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overnight

The correct spelling is overnight.

How to pronounce overnight

noun

Say it like: Ove-rni-t

The correct spelling is overnight. Items delivered or completed overnight. For example: "Have you looked at the overnights yet?"

Usage Examples

Have you looked at the overnights yet?

We can overnight you the documents for signature.

The overnight ferry docked at 10AM.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Items delivered or completed overnight.
  2. 2.An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
  3. 3.(in the plural) Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.
  4. 4.The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.

verb

  1. 1.To stay overnight; to spend the night.
  2. 2.To send something for delivery the next day.

adjective

  1. 1.Occurring between dusk and dawn.
  2. 2.Complete before the next morning.
  3. 3.Of an activity or event in which participants stay overnight.

adverb

  1. 1.During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
  2. 2.In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

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