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The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise.
I love walking in the park at night.
The city is more beautiful at night.
This is the most common definition of 'night'.
A period of darkness or the darkness itself.
The night was dark and stormy.
She walked through the night, alone and scared.
This definition is often used in literary contexts.
The word 'night' is often used in expressions like 'at night', 'good night', and 'nighttime'.
The subject-verb agreement for 'night' is singular.
Old English 'niht', related to German 'Nacht', Dutch 'nacht', and Latin 'nox'.
The word 'night' can be used as a noun or adverb.