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View synonyms for tonight

tonight

[ tuh-nahyt ]

noun

  1. this present or coming night; the night of this present day.


adverb

  1. on this present night; on the night of this present day.
  2. Obsolete. during last night.

tonight

/ təˈnaɪt /

noun

  1. the night or evening of this present day
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. in or during the night or evening of this day
  2. archaic.
    last night
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tonight1

before 1000; Middle English to night, Old English tō niht. See to, night
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tonight1

Old English tōniht, from to 1(at) + night
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Example Sentences

My heart goes out to the unsung IT heroes at the Capitol tonight.

Feel free to follow us on Twitter tonight for full coverage up and down the ballot.

Higher courts, including the Supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.

“Either this or stay home and jerk off,” said one guy when I asked why he came tonight.

In both of these latter cases, their eyes show more focus than fun, like tonight is a job.

There's blood on many hands tonight…That blood on the hands starts at City Hall in the Office of the Mayor.

I finally come across the only thing open tonight at the Taj: a deli called GO, the sort of place you might find in Penn Station.

Let your orders for preparation go round tonight, so that your knaves may be ready to set out betimes to-morrow.

Murphy was kill-crazy, and tonight the Monitor rifle in his hands had made him feel like a god.

She was a strong-souled, high-spirited girl, but tonight hope seemed extinguished in her breast.

If Kip didn't stop his arguing, she wouldn't vouch for him at this meeting tonight at the Weedham home.

"There were one hundred thousand dollars worth of unset diamonds in that store tonight," Black Hood said.

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Related Words

  • this evening
  • this night

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