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- [mid-nahyt]
- /ˈmɪdˌnaɪt/
- /ˈmɪdnaɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mid-nahyt]
- /ˈmɪdˌnaɪt/
Definitions of midnight word
- noun midnight the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. 1
- adjective midnight of or relating to midnight. 1
- adjective midnight resembling midnight, as in darkness. 1
- idioms midnight burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night: After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation. 1
- noun midnight Twelve o'clock at night. 1
- noun midnight time: 12 at night 1
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Origin of midnight
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English midniht. See mid-, night
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Parts of speech for Midnight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
midnight popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
midnight usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for midnight
noun midnight
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- small hours — pre-dawn
adjective midnight
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
- obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- ebon — ebony (def 6).
Antonyms for midnight
noun midnight
- noonday — of or at noon or midday: the usual noonday meal.
- noontime — noon; noontide; noonday: Will he be home at noontime?
- midday — the middle of the day; noon or the time centering around noon.
- noontide — the time of noon; midday.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
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