all-night
Americanadjective
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taking up, extending through, or occurring continually during an entire night; nightlong.
an all-night vigil.
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open all night, as for business; providing services, accommodations, etc., at all hours of the night.
an all-night restaurant.
Etymology
Origin of all-night
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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As activists gather beneath tarpaulin sheets in New Delhi, often holding all-night political debates, singing or reciting poetry, delivery drivers from online platforms weave through the barricades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Dutifully but vacantly, he keeps an all-night vigil by her coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The all-action one-hour episode required 14 all-night filming sessions.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
UCLA, as previously enacted, will allow preapproved overnight events — such as an all-night reading last October of famed Palestinian American author Edward Said’s memoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
There they stopped to fill their canteens at an all-night service station.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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