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tonight

tonight

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The night of this day after sunset and before you sleep
  • noun
  • /təˈnaɪt/
translation icon : esta noche
  • I was like, OK, well, tonight is the night we'll camp out.

Please help me welcome tonight's guest, Tick Tocks rising.

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Examples

  • I met someone tonight, Jules.

  • I will see you tonight.

  • 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.

  • Book launch is tonight and I haven't even read one page yet.

  • We have these special desserts that we just made tonight and they are out of this world.

  • 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?

  • I was like, OK, well, tonight is the night we'll camp out.

Synonyms

this evening
vstonight
597 1.0

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

occurs later, during the coming night between sunset and bedtime

How Long

yearlong
9 3.0
monthly
246 1.0
each week
85 1.0
tonight
1.0

Surface Forms

tonight singular
tonights plural

Morphology

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

The meaning 'this/this coming night' is directly recoverable from the lexicalized combination 'to' + 'night' for most learners.

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.