night-time

A form of nighttime — The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

Meanings

nounnight‐time (countable and uncountable, plural night-times)

plural night-times

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of nighttime.

    Can we use an accredited agent, or perhaps for a night-time incident it would be better to deploy in daylight hours, for example?

    2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 29
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APA

night-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night-time

MLA

“night-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night-time. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “night-time,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night-time.

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