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.
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The game resets with a new song at midnight local time.
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Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
In a news conference at the Terespol-Brest border crossing, Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwinski announced that traffic had been closed as of midnight Thursday on the Polish-Belarusian border until further notice.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Sometimes, my colleagues and I would drink coffee after our midnight print deadline to decompress from the emotional tolls of covering hard news.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
An inversion layer is forecast to establish over much of the incident area around midnight, further limiting fire activity until lifting in the morning.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
In a news conference at the Terespol-Brest border crossing, Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwinski announced that traffic had been closed as of midnight Thursday on the Polish-Belarusian border until further notice.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Sometimes, my colleagues and I would drink coffee after our midnight print deadline to decompress from the emotional tolls of covering hard news.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
An inversion layer is forecast to establish over much of the incident area around midnight, further limiting fire activity until lifting in the morning.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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