tonight
- noun
- /təˈnaɪt/
- I was like, OK, well, tonight is the night we'll camp out.
Please help me welcome tonight's guest, Tick Tocks rising.
- Please help me welcome tonight's guest, Tick Tocks rising.
- And I will tell you more about that in tonight's Stormy Watch.
- Please help me welcome tonight's guest, Marlene Diesel.
Examples
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I met someone tonight, Jules.
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I will see you tonight.
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Perhaps you will come by our camp tonight and we can continue this talk.
Fiction book (1990) -
I want you to remember that I said this tonight, no matter what happens.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm going out tonight after practice.
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Book launch is tonight and I haven't even read one page yet.
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We have these special desserts that we just made tonight and they are out of this world.
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Professor King has done a brilliant job both tonight and with the after-dinner speakers.
Academic text (2001) -
What's the vegan option for dinner tonight?
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I was like, OK, well, tonight is the night we'll camp out.
Synonyms
During the later part of today, between late afternoon and night
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Etymology
Tonight comes from old English parts to and night, literally pointing to 'this night' or 'toward the night'. So, as a noun, tonight means the present or the immediately coming night.