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night-time

night-time is the alternative form of nighttime.

Meaning of nighttime

Noun

nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)

  1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
    • Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time1986, R.E.M., “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant

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Forms of night-time

pluralnight-times

Questions about night-time

What is night-time the alternative form of?
Night-time is the alternative form of nighttime.

Words near night-time in the dictionary

  1. night-songs
  2. night-stalker
  3. night-stalkers
  4. night-stand
  5. night-stands
  6. night-time
  7. night-times
  8. night-tripping
  9. night-watch
  10. night-watcher
  11. night-watchers

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