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late night

US/ˌleɪt ˈnaɪt/

late night noun: a night when someone goes to bed later than usual.

Noun

late night (plural late nights)

  1. A night when someone goes to bed later than usual.
    • I’ve had too many late nights this week, I'm exhausted.
    • A worry that nags into the late night hours.
    Antonyms:
    early night
  2. Late-night television programming.
    • Fallon is known for being late night’s most lighthearted personality, but still, there was an unmistakable undertone of avoidance in his performance on Thursday.2025 September 19, Judy Berman, “Jimmy Fallon Is Playing It Safe. He Might Be Cooked Anyway”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025

Antonyms of late night

Forms of late night

plurallate nights

Questions about late night

What does late night mean?
Late night means a night when someone goes to bed later than usual.
What part of speech is late night?
Late night is a noun.
How do you pronounce late night?
Late night is pronounced /ˌleɪt ˈnaɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of late night?
The plural of late night is late nights.

Words near late night in the dictionary

  1. Late Middle Egyptian
  2. late model
  3. late modern
  4. Late Modern English
  5. late modernity
  6. late night
  7. late nights
  8. late on
  9. late pass
  10. late passes
  11. Late Period

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