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NIGHT LIFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does night life mean?
• NIGHT LIFE (noun)
The noun NIGHT LIFE has 2 senses:
1. the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion
2. the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)
Familiarity information: NIGHT LIFE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
night life; nightlife
Context example:
a futile search for intelligent nightlife
Hypernyms ("night life" is a kind of...):
amusement; entertainment (an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
night life; nightlife
Context example:
in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs
Hypernyms ("night life" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
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