midnight

The word “midnight” means twelve o'clock at night; the moment the day changes. In plain terms, the exact middle of the night, 12:00 am, or (as an adjective) a very deep black or dark blue colour.

“Midnight” is pronounced MIHD-nyt ([ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt] in IPA).

Here is “midnight” used in a sentence: “The party is due to end at midnight.”

Words with a similar meaning to “midnight” include 00:00, 12 o'clock, 12 midnight, 12 a.m., 24:00 and dead of night.

The opposite of “midnight” — its antonyms — is midday.

Depending on how it is used, “midnight” can be a noun and an adjective.

The word “midnight” comes from Old English. From Old English midniht, from "mid-" + "night" — literally the middle of the night.

“Midnight” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

'Midnight' is twelve o'clock at night, the moment the day changes, while 'noon' is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day. They mark opposite points on the clock, twelve hours apart.

Midnight is conventionally written as 12 a.m., marking the start of a new day, whereas noon is 12 p.m. Because this can cause confusion, many official schedules avoid it by writing 12:00 midnight or using a 24-hour time like 00:00.

Midnight is the moment the day changes, so it marks the boundary between one day ending and the next beginning. To avoid ambiguity, people often specify, for example, 'midnight Friday going into Saturday'.