: on this present night or the night following this present day
will do it tonight
: the present night or the night following this present day
Examples of tonight in a Sentence
Adverb
This afternoon I'm busy, but tonight I'm free.
Noun
Tonight's party should be fun.
He is staying until tonight.
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Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
As Billy Corgan himself might say, the impossible is possible tonight, tonight!
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
We’re still knotted up at 7. Copied Share Bengals punt after three-and-out
Rohan Nadkarni
For the first time tonight, the Ravens defense forced both a three-and-out and a punt.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Bay Area fans can catch the vocalist when her Casa Gomez: Otro Capítulo Tour hits the home of the San Jose Sharks tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets start at 8 p.m. via ticketmaster.com.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
As Billy Corgan himself might say, the impossible is possible tonight, tonight!
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
We’re still knotted up at 7. Copied Share Bengals punt after three-and-out
Rohan Nadkarni
For the first time tonight, the Ravens defense forced both a three-and-out and a punt.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Tonight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonight. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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tonight
1 of 2 adverb
to·night
tə-ˈnīt 
: on this present night or the night following this present day
tonight
2 of 2 noun
: the present or the coming night
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