overnite

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A form of overnight — During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.

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Meanings

adverbovernite (not comparable)
  1. USinformalnot comparableInformal spelling of overnight.
    1 more example

    1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Everyone wanted to go to Randy's when done eating & I knew J planned on staying there overnite & spending Sunday there so I asked to be taken back to Sam's, saying I just didn't feel like crashing yet.

adjectiveovernite (not comparable)
  1. USinformalnot comparableInformal spelling of overnight.

    The latest facilities include a new C. B. & Q. westbound express, called the Overnite Denverite, covering the distance in 17 hr. 20 min., and an acceleration of the C. & N. W.-U. P. westbound Columbine to the same figure.

    1939 September, “Overseas Railways: More American Accelerations”, in Railway Magazine, page 214

Origin

From over- + nite.

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APA

overnite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnite

MLA

“overnite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overnite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnite.

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