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nighttime
This term emphasizes the duration of darkness as a specific temporal block, often contrasting with daytime. It carries a neutral to atmospheric connotation, frequently used in scientific, descriptive, or scheduling contexts to define a window of time rather than a single point in time like night.
As a noun, it functions as a mass noun referring to the general state of darkness. While it describes a period, it is typically treated as uncountable in standard usage, meaning one does not usually refer to multiple nighttime periods unless specifying distinct dates or cycles.
Meanings
Examples
The city looks completely different during the nighttime.
I can never sleep during the nighttime when it is too hot.
Some creatures only emerge during the nighttime to hunt.
Do you have a nighttime routine for your skin care?
The ghost only appears during the nighttime in the old hallway.
I wonder if the stars look brighter in the nighttime countryside.
We should avoid driving on these mountain roads during the nighttime.