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nights

  • adverb
  • /naɪts/

at night during night-time, especially on a regular basis.

Example

“I work nights, my brother only afternoons, and my son days.”

Example sentences

  • “We walked for nights and days.”

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Word history

From Old English "nihtes" (at night, by night).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nights” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.