Talk:night
As an adjective
[edit]Maybe I'm wrong but can't night be used as an adjective as in "the night sky"?--Kylemew 21:10, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, that’s an adjective. In the case of night vision, it is not an adjective, but a compound noun. —Stephen 12:51, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
- Uh, where's the difference? --Florian Blaschke 19:42, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
To mean near/close?
[edit]English is not my first language so it is possible I have been just misinterpreting things, but I would swear I have seen "night" use in this meaning, like "the time is night" or "night-invulnerability" yet I could not find this meaning here or in other dictionary I looked up. Is it incorrect?
- You are thinking of the totally unrelated word nigh. SemperBlotto (talk) 19:37, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values
[edit]"He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" (Anthony Lewis) --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:07, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Night fell (= it became dark).
[edit]What meaning is used in Night fell (= it became dark) --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:49, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
A night when you go to bed earlier than usual She looks like she could do with a few early nights --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:45, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- Yep, good find. Added! VealSociedad (talk) 14:26, 24 April 2022 (UTC)