All-night

//ˌɔlˈnaɪt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lasting throughout the whole night (or most of it) not-comparable

    "an all-night party"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lasting, open, or operating through the whole night wordnet

Synonyms

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midnightnightnightlongovernight

Example

More examples

"She kept an all-night vigil over her sick child."

Etymology

From all- + night.

Related phrases

all-night-manall-nighter

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