You can stay overnight if you want to. Don't forget to pack an overnight bag (= a bag for things that you need when you stay away from home for a night).

The meaning of OVERNIGHT is on the evening before. How to use overnight in a sentence.

Let’s start by clearing up any confusion: overnight is the correct spelling so long as you mean to describe something that took place “all through the night.” In most cases, over night (two words) …

1. During or for the length of the night: Let the meat marinate overnight. 2. In or as if in the course of one night; suddenly: became a sensation overnight.

verb (used without object) to have an overnight stay or trip. We'll overnight in Denver, then fly on to San Diego.

Overnight can be an adjective or an adverb. Either way, it refers to something that happens in the span of time between one day and the next day.

If something happens overnight, it happens throughout the night or at some point during the night. The decision was reached overnight.

When something happens overnight, it occurs during the hours of one night. An overnight party can also be called a sleepover or a slumber party. (Pack your sleeping bag, but you probably won't use it.)

for or during the night: We'll stay overnight and leave early tomorrow morning. suddenly: New suburbs sprang up overnight. on the previous evening: Preparations were made overnight. done, made, …

Definition of overnight adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.