tonight
Americannoun
adverb
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on this present night; on the night of this present day.
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Obsolete. during last night.
noun
adverb
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in or during the night or evening of this day
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archaic last night
Etymology
Origin of tonight
before 1000; Middle English to night, Old English tō niht. See to, night
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, the nature of the job is you have makes, and those are awesome, and unfortunately, you have misses, and for that to happen tonight sucks.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Receiving this award means more to me than I can put even into words, to be standing here with you all tonight is something that I'll never forget."
From BBC
“And the result is what we saw tonight.”
"The scoring maybe tonight wasn't my greatest game in the whole tournament," Van Veen told Sky Sports.
From BBC
"We showed against Congo that we are capable of coming from behind in a game and that is what we did tonight, so we are very happy," remarked the midfielder.
From Barron's
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