overnight
adjective
uk/ˈəʊvənaɪt/ usfor or during the night:
an overnight stay/stop We made an overnight stop in Paris.
Stocks in Hong Kong closed moderately higher encouraged by overnight gains on Wall Street.
sudden and unexpected:
Like many so-called overnight successes, she had been working hard for quite some time.
overnight
adverb
uk/ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt/ usfor or during the night:
I took a train overnight.
suddenly or quickly, and often unexpectedly:
Building a project like this doesn't happen overnight.
The company almost overnight reformed itself as a real estate developer.
Major capital expenditure is rarely recouped overnight.
overnight
verb
uk/ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt/ us [ I ] TRANSPORT
to stay somewhere for a night:
We overnighted at Frankfurt before flying on to Chennai.
[ T ] COMMUNICATIONS US
to send a letter or package to be delivered by the end of the next day:
I told him to overnight the contract to me.