Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Topic: DAILY LIFE

overnight

1 adverb
     
o‧ver‧night1
1D for or during the night:
Pam's staying overnight at my house.
2 suddenly or surprisingly quickly:
He became a millionaire overnight.
happen/appear/change overnight
Reputations are not changed overnight.
! Do not talk about 'an overnight' because overnight is never a noun. It is either an adverb or an adjective.
Definition of overnight from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic DAILY LIFE
Word of the Day
The DAILY LIFE
Word of the Day is:
grommet

Other related topics