midnight: Meaning and Definition of
mid•night
Pronunciation: (mid'nīt"), [key] — n.
- the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
—adj. - of or pertaining to midnight.
- resembling midnight, as in darkness.
- to study or work far into the night: After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation.
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