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Definition overnight in British English

overnight verb

[intransitive] verb
/ˌəʊvə(r)ˈnaɪt/
1

to stay somewhere for the night

2

to get something delivered within a day (usually to a distant place) using a mail service

Example

The cost of overnighting an item to the other side of the world might be much higher than the price of the item itself.

Definition overnight in British English