: 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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NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
And tonight is another example of not doing that. ...
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025
At the center of tonight’s story, is an explosion that prompts the City of Chicago to unite its first responders to unite as one entity as chaos erupts.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The threat of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the front will quickly increase tonight and persist through Friday.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Investigators tonight recovered two flight data recorders — black boxes — from the American Airlines jet.
—NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
And tonight is another example of not doing that. ...
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025
At the center of tonight’s story, is an explosion that prompts the City of Chicago to unite its first responders to unite as one entity as chaos erupts.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The threat of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the front will quickly increase tonight and persist through Friday.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Tonight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonight. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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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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