overnight

/'ouvə'nait/

Thân thiện

The package was shipped overnight.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • During or for the duration of one night: Refers to something that happens or lasts from one evening to the next morning.
   • Suddenly or very quickly: Refers to something that happens in a very short period of time, as if it occurred in a single night.

2. Adjective:

   • Lasting for, occurring during, or designed for a single night: Describes something that is of, for, or related to the period of one night.
   • Achieved or appearing suddenly: Describes a sudden, rapid change in status or condition.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • We decided to stay overnight in a hotel. (This uses "overnight" to mean for the duration of the night.)
  • The dough needs to rise overnight. (This uses "overnight" to mean during the night.)
  • He became famous overnight. (This uses "overnight" to mean suddenly and very quickly.)

• Adjective:

  • She packed an overnight bag for the short trip. (This uses "overnight" to describe a bag designed for a stay of one night.)
  • The company provides overnight delivery services. (This uses "overnight" to describe a service that is completed by the next morning.)
  • The book was an overnight success. (This uses "overnight" to describe a success that was sudden and rapid.)

Advanced Usage

• "To stay overnight": To sleep at a place for one night.
  • You're welcome to stay overnight if the weather gets bad.
• "An overnight sensation": A person or thing that becomes extremely popular very suddenly.
  • The young singer became an overnight sensation after the video went viral.

Variants and Related Words

• Overnighter (noun): A short trip or visit lasting one night; a small bag for such a trip.
  • We took a quick overnighter to the coast.

Synonyms

• Adverb (for duration): For the night, all night.
• Adverb (for speed): Suddenly, instantly, immediately, in a flash.
• Adjective: One-night, nightlong, sudden, rapid, meteoric.

Related Phrases

• Overnight mail/package: Mail or a package sent for delivery the next morning.
  • I sent the documents by overnight mail.
• Overnight oats: A breakfast dish prepared by soaking oats in liquid (like milk) in the refrigerator overnight.
  • I prepared overnight oats for a quick breakfast tomorrow.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
   • a nightlong vigil
   • an all-night drugstore
   • an overnight trip

Adverb

1. happening in a short time or with great speed
   • these solutions cannot be found overnight!
2. during or for the length of one night
   • the fish marinates overnight

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nightlong
• all-night