NIGHT SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does night school mean? 

• NIGHT SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun NIGHT SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day

  Familiarity information: NIGHT SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHT SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("night school" is a kind of...):

school (an educational institution)

Antonym:

day school (a school giving instruction during the daytime)

 Context examples 

"I took her down to night school."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When he left Lizzie at night school, he returned to the Metropole.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He worked in the daytime, and at night he went to night school.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Professor Hilton is right, and if I were you, I'd go to night school.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Instead, he said: It seems so babyish for me to be going to night school.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Once, walking with Lizzie toward night school, she caught a glance directed toward him by a well-gowned, handsome woman of the bourgeoisie.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He said good-by to Lizzie Connolly, abruptly, at the entrance to night school, and hurried away.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Perhaps it was with the hope of narrowing it that she yielded to his persuasions to go to night school and business college and to have herself gowned by a wonderful dressmaker who charged outrageous prices.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)