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What part of speech is the word night in following sentence you gathered Tuesday night?

In the sentence "You gathered Tuesday night," the word "night" is a noun.

Here's why:

* It names a specific time period: "Night" refers to the period between sunset and sunrise.

* It functions as the object of the preposition "on": The phrase "Tuesday night" acts as a prepositional phrase, with "on" being the preposition and "Tuesday night" being the object.

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