- 12 o’clock at night
- She heard the clock strike midnight.
- at midnight They had to leave at midnight.
- At/on the stroke of midnight fireworks lit up the sky.
- We have to catch the midnight train.
- Let’s have a midnight feast tonight (= a secret meal that children like to have in the middle of the night).
- They whiled away the midnight hours playing cards.
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1- Downstairs in the hall, midnight struck.
- It was approaching midnight when I finally reached home.
- The law comes into effect on the stroke of midnight tomorrow.
- The ship set sail shortly after midnight.
- Let's go to a midnight movie.
- Voting closes at midnight.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + midnight- chime
- strike
- strike
- approach
- come
- …
- feast
- snack
- black
- …
- approaching midnight
- around midnight
- near midnight
- …
- at the stroke of midnight
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- (especially North American English) (also midnight blue British and North American English)a very dark blue colour
Word OriginOld English midniht (see mid-, night).
Idioms
See midnight in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryburn the midnight oil
- to study or work until late at night
do a (moonlight/midnight) flit
- (British English, informal) to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to somebody
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