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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 sweats
  2. night table
  3. night tables
  4. night terror
  5. night terrors
  6. night time
  7. night times
  8. night tremor
  9. night tremors
  10. night vision
  11. night watch

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