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tonight

tonight

1.0
During the night of this day after sunset
  • adverb
  • /təˈnaɪt/
translation icon : esta noche
  • We got a great show for you tonight, my guest, Mr.

No, but they are my guest tonight, Love.

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Examples

  • Hey, Alex, you want to go out tonight, All right?

  • Yeah, we have plans for tonight, and that plan is going out.

  • No, but they are my guest tonight, Love.

  • The only person at risk tonight is me.

  • I am proud to welcome tonight Mr and Mrs Till.

  • But I thought I would be really hungry tonight because it's all sugar.

  • That's your homework for tonight, but here we go.

  • Yes, that's right, tonight it's ABBA Oakie.

  • We have a family dinner planned for tonight at 7 PM.

  • I can't wait to see the meteor shower tonight when I go outside.

Synonyms

this evening
vstonight
597 1.0

During the later part of today, between late afternoon and night

refers to time during the later, fully dark part of the same day

Surface Forms

tonight positive

Morphology

tonight = to + night (transparent) = to + night

The adverbial meaning 'during the night of the present day' is the expected result of the compound 'to' + 'night' and is directly inferable.

Etymology

Tonight comes from old English parts to and night, literally pointing to 'this night' or 'toward the night'. So, as an adverb, tonight means 'during the night of the present day'.