nighttime

American  

[nahyt-tahym] / ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm /

noun

1. the time times between evening and morning.

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adjective

1. occurring, done, presented, etc., during the night, especially the hours before midnight.

Etymology

Origin of nighttime

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; night, time

Example Sentences

To test this, the team fed fruit flies caffeine under different conditions, including varying doses, daytime versus nighttime exposure, and combinations with sleep deprivation.

From Science Daily

On the home front, it was a very different story: British subjects remained the targets of heavy nighttime bombing attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

That confidence was perhaps the product of Pedretti performing in two stage plays before “Forbidden Fruits” — or maybe it was the nighttime filming schedule.

From Los Angeles Times

The weather service had issued widespread, heightened red flag warnings, several fires were already burning across the state and nighttime was approaching.

From Los Angeles Times

The curfew was now 7:00 p.m., which in spring and summer left no nighttime hours at all in which workers could move legally through the streets.

From Literature