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election night

election night noun: the evening after an election, during which the votes are being counted.

Noun

election night (plural election nights)

  1. The evening after an election, during which the votes are being counted.
    • In Virginia, polls will close at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Voters will weigh in on all of the state’s 140 legislative contests Tuesday, and the winners of many will most likely be apparent before the end of election night.2023 November 7, Alyce McFadden, “When Will We Have Election Results?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023

Forms of election night

pluralelection nights

Questions about election night

What does election night mean?
Election night means the evening after an election, during which the votes are being counted.
What part of speech is election night?
Election night is a noun.
What is the plural of election night?
The plural of election night is election nights.

Words near election night in the dictionary

  1. election cake
  2. election campaign
  3. election campaigns
  4. election day
  5. election days
  6. election night
  7. election nights
  8. election of remedies
  9. election silence
  10. election silences
  11. election threshold

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