An item delivered or completed overnight.
Used in a Sentence
overnight
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for overnight.
Editorial note
Typically this is overnight so usually nuclear power and wind is used as coal and gas spin down then.
Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech3
Quick take
An item delivered or completed overnight.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of overnight gathered in one view.
An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for overnight.
noun
An item delivered or completed overnight.
noun
An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
adverb
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
adjective
Occurring between dusk and dawn.
Example sentences
Typically this is overnight so usually nuclear power and wind is used as coal and gas spin down then.
Python lived in relative obscurity throughout the 1990's and early oughts before becoming an overnight success.
Recent legislation may have made a dent, but hundreds of years of behavior and social structure do not vanish overnight.
If the money stays in the safe overnight (how often do the Brinks people come?) it's a pretty easy score.
It may not happen overnight as there is some momentum, but you can't deny this effect.
Landing fees are usually nominal, and FBO fees even for overnight rarely exceed ~$50, or less with the purchase of fuel.
He would take an overnight flight and arrive, quite blearly, early in the morning.
Pretty much overnight retailer dropped outstanding orders etc, and the Nokia brand basically crashed.
If those 99% of sites disappeared overnight, everyone would likely be better off.
Spamming is an immediately-valuable activity, so they would become prized loot overnight.
And the fact that millions of people live in flats, condos, terraced houses with no private parking spots and they can't charge their cars overnight.
Leaving slack on overnight has my numbers up to about 800MB.
Quote examples
If so, it's more likely to have been the "I became an overnight success in 10 years" kind of overnight success.
The brain was removed and maintained overnight at 4°C in the same fixative solution." I don't know much about neurobiology.
Lost another 10 karma overnight for trying to join this discussion without going "hoo, haaa, obviously the whole world is racist and sexist and that disgusts me..." before voicing contrary opinions.
We have not included detailed recommendations because it is clear to us that there are deep structural issues that need to be addressed, and change will not come overnight." On that wider `issue’ note, prepare to forget almost every economic theory you’ve ever heard.
Proper noun examples
Overnight charges vary greatly for a number of reasons, and people logically try to avoid them after 6pm (or was it recently modified to 8pm?), when on-street parking is free.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use overnight in a sentence?
Typically this is overnight so usually nuclear power and wind is used as coal and gas spin down then.
What does overnight mean?
An item delivered or completed overnight.
What part of speech is overnight?
overnight is commonly used as noun, adverb, adjective.