1 during or for the night:
We stayed overnight in London after the theatre.
2 suddenly or quickly:
Don't expect it to improve overnight. * She became famous overnight.
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 happening during the night; for a night:
an overnight flight * overnight accommodation * She took only an overnight bag (= containing the things needed for a night spent away from home).
2 happening suddenly or quickly:
The play was an overnight success.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for overnight is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is overnight a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, overnight is tagged as adverb.
Does overnight appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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