Meaning & use
midnight
Twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one calendar day ends and the next begins.
See it in a sentence
The party was still going strong well past midnight.
She promised to call before midnight, but the meeting ran late.
A note on using this word
Midnight is used without 'at' in some set phrases, such as 'the midnight hour,' and pairs naturally with 'strike,' as in 'the clock struck midnight.'
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