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# overnight

«overnight» in Mova's school dictionary: **during the night or for the whole night** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb; adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Overnight means during the night or for the whole night. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x1)
- Leave the jelly in the fridge overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x2)
- Pack your overnight bag for the school camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x3)
- It snowed overnight, and everything was white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x4)
- She didn't become a great piano player overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x5)
- The temperature dropped to zero overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x6)
- Soak the beans overnight before cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/#x7)
- The mushrooms seemed to appear overnight. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Nobody becomes a great reader overnight; readers grow slowly, a little every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/25/)
- [Breath smells in the morning because germs grow in the mouth overnight when there is less spit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/14/)
- [Priya's family charges every device in the kitchen overnight; she called it annoying, then noticed she fell asleep faster.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/15/)
- [It doesn't stop overnight, but it gets much better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/4/)
- [Children's wards have nurses, doctors and play specialists, and usually a bed or chair so a parent can stay overnight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overnight» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overnight/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.