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Noun night has 8 senses

night, nighttime, dark - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
--₁ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₁ is a part of day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day
--₁ has parts:
evening; late-night hour; midnight; small hours; lights-out
Antonyms: day, daytime, daylight
--₁ has particulars: weeknight; wedding night
night - the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"
--₂ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
night - the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
--₃ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
night - the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"
--₄ is a kind of time unit, unit of time
night - darkness; "it vanished into the night"
--₅ is a kind of dark, darkness
night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
--₆ is a kind of twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
night - a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
--₇ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
Nox, Night - Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
--₈ is a kind of Roman deity