: 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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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Grammy Award-winning singer and Golden Globe-winning actress Andra Day, who performs tonight with Jon Batiste at The Shell, is interviewed at length in the Night & Day section of today’s San Diego Union-Tribune.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Which is why tonight will be my last show.
—Megan Thomas, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
D4vd’s tour date in Seattle on Wednesday night was canceled amid the news surrounding the case, and on Friday, as seen on the ticketing website AXS, his gigs scheduled in San Francisco at the Filmore tonight and in Los Angeles at the Greek Theatre on Saturday have been canceled.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and audience, tonight’s engagement at Foxwoods has been canceled.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Grammy Award-winning singer and Golden Globe-winning actress Andra Day, who performs tonight with Jon Batiste at The Shell, is interviewed at length in the Night & Day section of today’s San Diego Union-Tribune.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Which is why tonight will be my last show.
—Megan Thomas, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
D4vd’s tour date in Seattle on Wednesday night was canceled amid the news surrounding the case, and on Friday, as seen on the ticketing website AXS, his gigs scheduled in San Francisco at the Filmore tonight and in Los Angeles at the Greek Theatre on Saturday have been canceled.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Tonight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonight. Accessed 23 Sep. 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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