nights
/naɪts/ · adverb
Meaning
- At night.
- Every night.
- The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
- (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.
- Nightfall.
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