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overnighting

overnighting is the present participle and gerund of overnight.

Meaning of overnight

Verb

overnight (third-person singular simple present overnights, present participle overnighting, simple past and past participle overnighted)

  1. (intransitive) To stay overnight; to spend the night.
    • His visits to Paris (which he had not allowed his son to visit until he was a teenager) became less frequent too: he never over-nighted there, for example, after 1744.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 128
  2. (US, transitive) To send something for delivery the next day.
    • We can overnight you the documents for signature.

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Questions about overnighting

What is overnighting the present participle and gerund of?
Overnighting is the present participle and gerund of overnight.

Words near overnighting in the dictionary

  1. overnight nappy
  2. overnight oats
  3. overnighted
  4. overnighter
  5. overnighters
  6. overnighting
  7. overnights
  8. overnim
  9. overnimble
  10. overnite
  11. overnitrated

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