Definition of midnight
1 : the middle of the night; specifically : 12 o'clock at night
2 : deep or extended darkness or gloom
midnight
adjectivemidnightly
adverb or adjectiveFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of midnight in a Sentence
Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
Recent Examples of midnight from the Web
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The jury deliberated for 12 hours, which continued past midnight on Friday, before handing down Taylor's sentence.
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The Illinois House isn’t voting on a budget on Wednesday, which means the gridlock-prone government won’t pass a spending plan by midnight.
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ESCO Spokeswoman Teri Tolbert said shortly after midnight, deputies were dispatched to a residence at 402 Victory street in East Brewton in an attempt to serve a felony warrant to Timothy Tyrone Dees.
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Godbolt showed up at Vincent Mitchell’s Bogue Chitto home before midnight Saturday to demand that his estranged wife give up their two children.
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Just before midnight in Lawndale on the West Side, officers raced to the 1300 block of South Troy when an officer making an arrest heard gunfire a few doors north.
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Around midnight on Thursday, workers arrived to take it down, apparently hoping to avoid public scrutiny.
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Officers received reports about midnight that a man was holding a gun in the home on Galveston Street, police said.
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Until recently, the eye had an IV running into it and Dagwood needed to be given eye drops every six hours at 6 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and midnight.
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First Known Use of midnight
before 12th century
MIDNIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
midnight
playDefinition of midnight for English Language Learners
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: the middle of the night : 12 o'clock at night
MIDNIGHT Defined for Kids
midnight
playDefinition of midnight for Students
: twelve o'clock at night
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