word usage

Morning ends and Evening begins after the sun reaches the zennith, its highest point in the sky, regardless of the time of day. Nighttime begins after the sun has set, and also

2024 Feb 29

nouns

Compound words such as nighttime used to be quite common in English; unfortunately, many people in modern times are forgetting about them, so their use is in decline.

2024 May 15

Can we use "day and night time" instead of "day and night"?

There is no rule that I know of that forbids this usage, but I would strongly advise using the one-word spelling variant: " nighttime " Finally, the Ngram chart below shows the

2025 Jul 16

Nighttime vs nocturnal

''Nighttime'' or ''night-time'' is generally a noun: crickets come out / are active in the night-time. It can be used before other nouns, but is less common that way than ''nocturnal'',

2024 May 09

First Lover in the Nighttime? a little bit of bacon?

"First Lover in the nighttime" is a coarse reference to the courtesy title normally awarded to spouses of higher government dignitaries. Some users are suggesting that

2026 Jan 28

Evening and night in English

How exactly are the words ''evening'' and ''night'' used in English? Are there certain times when evening, and when night, are considered to begin? Do these periods overlap?

2026 Feb 12

Another word for night that means the period from sunset

I''m looking for a synonym to night, that doesn''t include night in it (nighttime), that indicates the period from sunset to sunrise. Since evening is the period from sunset to bedtime

2024 Jan 23

At night/ at the night

At night = at nighttime - nighttime in this sense is uncountable. At night; by train; through time; with confidence; etc., etc. are prepositional phrases in which the object of the

2025 Apr 25

in/at the daytime, in/at the night (time) | WordReference

Hello, Benckuo, and welcome to the forum. If we use "in the daytime", it may mean a specific daytime, but usually an unspecific daytime. E.g. These flowers open in the daytime.

2025 Dec 17

At Night or In the Night?

Why do we refer to morning, afternoon and evening as ''in the morning'', ''in the afternoon'', ''in the evening'' but not ''in the night'' instead we say ''at night.''

2025 Dec 09

View/Download Nighttime energy storage equipment [PDF]

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