overnight

About 6.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.

   Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.

2. adverb In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

   The change seemed to happen overnight.

3. adjective Occurring between dusk and dawn.

   The overnight ferry docked at 10 a.m.

4. adjective Complete before the next morning.

   Don't expect overnight delivery.

5. adjective For which participants stay overnight.

   They sent their kids to overnight camp.

6. verb To stay overnight; to spend the night. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
7. verb To send something for delivery the next day.

   We can overnight you the documents for signature.

8. noun An item delivered or completed overnight.

   Have you looked at the overnights yet?

Similar words

nightlong long all-night late-night tonight nocturnal nightly nighttime nights nightfall

Often followed by

in at and to bag with the or stay

Word family

overnighted overnighting overnights