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English to English noun
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the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside |  | source: wordnet30
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a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom |  | source: wordnet30
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the period spent sleeping |  | Example: I had a restless night
source: wordnet30
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the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit |  | Example: three nights later he collapsed
source: wordnet30
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darkness |  | Example: it vanished into the night
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a shortening of nightfall |  | Example: they worked from morning to night
source: wordnet30
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the time between sunset and midnight |  | Example: he watched television every night
source: wordnet30
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Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx |  | source: wordnet30
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That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. |  | source: webster1913
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