1
: the middle of the night
specifically
: 12 o'clock at night
2
: deep or extended darkness or gloom
midnight
adjective
midnightly
adverb or adjective
Examples of midnight in a Sentence
Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the sixth episode of The Kardashians, which dropped at midnight on June 27, the younger Jenner sisters joined forces in the kitchen.
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Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
Playground love takes center stage at midnight with Sofia Coppola’s debut masterpiece The Virgin Suicides.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
Juveniles routinely ignore Mayor Brandon Scott’s curfew decree while selling and consuming bootleg alcoholic beverages outside Fells Point bars and thumbing their noses at law enforcement at midnight.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
Amazon Prime Day will start at midnight Pacific time on July 16 and runs through July 17, the company announced Tuesday.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2024
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Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
Playground love takes center stage at midnight with Sofia Coppola’s debut masterpiece The Virgin Suicides.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
Juveniles routinely ignore Mayor Brandon Scott’s curfew decree while selling and consuming bootleg alcoholic beverages outside Fells Point bars and thumbing their noses at law enforcement at midnight.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
Amazon Prime Day will start at midnight Pacific time on July 16 and runs through July 17, the company announced Tuesday.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2024
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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