overnight
During or throughout the , especially during the evening or night just past.
Example
“Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.”
Other meanings
In a very short (but unspecified) amount of .
“The change seemed to happen overnight.”
Related words
- nonovernight
- overnighter
- girl rented overnight
- overnight diaper
- overnight nappy
Word history
From Old English "ofer niht" (through the night, overnight).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “overnight” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.