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over night

over night is the alternative form of overnight.

Meaning of overnight

Adverb

overnight (not comparable)

  1. During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
    • Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.
  2. (figuratively) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
    • The change seemed to happen overnight.

See all 11 meanings of overnight

Questions about over night

What is over night the alternative form of?
Over night is the alternative form of overnight.

Words near over night in the dictionary

  1. over joyous
  2. Over Kellet
  3. over light
  4. over medium
  5. over my dead body
  6. over night
  7. over nine thousand
  8. over one's head
  9. over one's skis
  10. over open sights
  11. over rate

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