/ Dictionary / Index M midnight: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: mid•night Pronunciation: (mid'nīt"), [key] — n. the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. —adj. of or pertaining to midnight. resembling midnight, as in darkness. to study or work far into the night: After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: midnight (Thesaurus) MIDN midnight sun Related Content Daily Word Quiz: placid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language