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nights.

At night (during night-time, especially on a regular basis).

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Meaning & usage

adv/naɪts/
  1. At night (during night-time, especially on a regular basis).

    not-comparable
    I work nights, my brother only afternoons, and my son days.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English nightes, from Old English nihtes (“at night, by night”), equivalent to night + -s (adverbial genitive suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian nachtes, Old Saxon nahtes, German nachts (all “nights, at night”).

noun/naɪts/
  1. plural of night

    form-of · plural
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