overnight
part of speech
adverb; adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) Overnight means during the night or for the whole night. tree →
2) Overnight means very quickly or suddenly, as if in one night. tree →
3) As an adjective, overnight describes something that lasts for or happens during a night, like an overnight trip. tree →
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 →
- Leave the jelly in the fridge overnight. tree →
- Pack your overnight bag for the school camp. tree →
- It snowed overnight, and everything was white. tree →
- She didn't become a great piano player overnight. tree →
- The temperature dropped to zero overnight. tree →
- Soak the beans overnight before cooking. tree →
- The mushrooms seemed to appear overnight. tree →
- “Don’t listen to those who promise you wealth overnight, my boy. tree →
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.
- Breath smells in the morning because germs grow in the mouth overnight when there is less spit.
- Priya's family charges every device in the kitchen overnight; she called it annoying, then noticed she fell asleep faster.
- It doesn't stop overnight, but it gets much better.
- Children's wards have nurses, doctors and play specialists, and usually a bed or chair so a parent can stay overnight.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «overnight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.