: 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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Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Watch UConn and Arizona in the men's final tonight.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
My alma mater is in tonight's March Madness championship game.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
And on deck tonight, UConn and Michigan will play for the men’s title after both roundly defeated their opponents in the Final Four.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal is citing senior American negotiators and officials as saying chances of an agreement with Iran by tonight's deadline are slim.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Watch UConn and Arizona in the men's final tonight.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
My alma mater is in tonight's March Madness championship game.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
And on deck tonight, UConn and Michigan will play for the men’s title after both roundly defeated their opponents in the Final Four.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Tonight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonight. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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