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# overnight

adverb; adjective

«overnight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Overnight means during the night or for the whole night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#m1)
2. Overnight means very quickly or suddenly, as if in one night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#m2)
3. As an adjective, overnight describes something that lasts for or happens during a night, like an overnight trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, an overnight stay or a sleepover means sleeping away from home; in cooking, beans are soaked overnight. In science, temperatures drop overnight and dew forms; seeds may sprout overnight. In stories, «overnight» can tell the reader something changed surprisingly fast. Phrases: «stay overnight», «overnight bag», «overnight trip», «overnight success», «leave overnight».

### Examples

- We stayed overnight at Grandma's house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x1)
- Leave the jelly in the fridge overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x2)
- Pack your overnight bag for the school camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x3)
- It snowed overnight, and everything was white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x4)
- She didn't become a great piano player overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x5)
- The temperature dropped to zero overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x6)
- Soak the beans overnight before cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x7)
- The mushrooms seemed to appear overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x8)
- “Don’t listen to those who promise you wealth overnight, my boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x9)

### Note

One word. As an adverb: «stay overnight»; as an adjective: «an overnight trip». «Overnight success» usually means a success that seems sudden, but it often took years of practice.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overnight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overnight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overnight.html) on Mova free.