nightlong

night·long

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- UK Pronunciation
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- [adjective nahyt-lawng, -long; adverb nahyt-lawng, -long]
- /adjective ˈnaɪtˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ; adverb ˈnaɪtˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ/
- /ˈnaɪt.lɒŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [adjective nahyt-lawng, -long; adverb nahyt-lawng, -long]
- /adjective ˈnaɪtˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ; adverb ˈnaɪtˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ/

Definitions of nightlong word

adjective nightlong lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall. 1
adverb nightlong through the entire night: They typed nightlong to finish the reports. 1
adjective nightlong lasting all night 1
adjective nightlong throughout the night 0
adjective nightlong through the entire night; all night 0

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Origin of nightlong

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtlang (adv.) for the space of a night. See night, long1

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Parts of speech for Nightlong

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Nightlong

nightlong popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

nightlong usage trend in Literature

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