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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Temperatures are forecast to be in the low to mid-30s by midnight in many neighborhoods away from the core of the city.
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Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Elsewhere in California, a mandatory wood-burning ban is in force for the South Coast Air Basin—which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties—until midnight on Saturday.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
At night, snow mainly after midnight.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2025
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Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Elsewhere in California, a mandatory wood-burning ban is in force for the South Coast Air Basin—which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties—until midnight on Saturday.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
At night, snow mainly after midnight.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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