overnight Význam & definícia

Význam overnight v slovenčine

• 0 for or during the night:

  • an overnight stop in Paris

  • You can stay overnight if you want to.

  • Don't forget to pack an overnight bag (= a bag for things that you need when you stay away from home for a night).

• 1 suddenly and unexpectedly:

  • She became a star overnight.

  • The book was an overnight success.

• 2 to stay somewhere for a night:

  • We've overnighted at some remote and beautiful places.

  • He overnighted in Detroit before continuing his campaign.

  • He said he needed a new passport urgently, so we overnighted one to him.

  • These truffles are fresh, overnighted from Italy.

• 3 for or during the night:

  • You can stay overnight with us if you want to.

  • fig. The book was an overnight success (= a sudden success).

• 4 for 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.

• 5 sudden and unexpected:

  • Like many so-called overnight successes, she had been working hard for quite some time.

• 6 for or during the night:

  • I took a train overnight.

• 7 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.

• 8 to stay somewhere for a night:

  • We overnighted at Frankfurt before flying on to Chennai.

• 9 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.