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goodnights

goodnights is the plural of goodnight.

goodnights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goodnight.

Meaning of goodnight

Noun

goodnight (plural goodnights)

  1. An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
    • At last the pupils had all taken their hats and said their “Goodnights,” and Adam, knowing his old master's habits, rose and said, “Shall I put the candles out, Mr. Massey?”1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Goodnights

Goodnights

  1. (plural) plural of Goodnight

Phrases with goodnights

Questions about goodnights

What is goodnights the plural of?
Goodnights is the plural of goodnight.
What part of speech is goodnights?
Goodnights is a proper noun.

Words near goodnights in the dictionary

  1. goodnight nurse
  2. goodnight Vienna
  3. goodnight, Vienna
  4. goodnighted
  5. goodnighting
  6. goodnights
  7. goodnite
  8. Goodnites
  9. Goodnough
  10. Goodnoughs
  11. Goodnow

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