1
: the middle of the night
specifically
: 12 o'clock at night
2
: deep or extended darkness or gloom
midnight
adjective
midnightly
adverb or adjective
Examples of midnight in a Sentence
Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
Recent Examples on the Web
The 44-year-old driver was located just before midnight after the CHP received a call that a car had driven off southbound Highway 70 just past Feather River Boulevard in Linda.
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Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 29 Apr. 2024
Shortly before midnight on Sunday, protesters knocked down the barricades — piling them in a stack in the middle of the lawn — and flooded the lawn, with people remaining there overnight in some 85 tents, the GW Hatchet reports.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024
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Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 29 Apr. 2024
Shortly before midnight on Sunday, protesters knocked down the barricades — piling them in a stack in the middle of the lawn — and flooded the lawn, with people remaining there overnight in some 85 tents, the GW Hatchet reports.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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