What does tonight mean?
Definitions for tonight
təˈnaɪttonight
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tonight.
Princeton's WordNet
tonightadverb
the present or immediately coming night
tonight, this evening, this nightadverb
during the night of the present day
"drop by tonight"
Wiktionary
tonightnoun
The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
tonightadverb
During the current day's nighttime.
Etymology: From toniht.
Wikipedia
Tonight
Tonight (Korean: 투나잇; Revised Romanization: Toonait) is a song by South Korean boy group Big Bang released on February 23, 2011 through YG Entertainment as the only single from the quintet's fourth extended play of the same name after a two-year hiatus. Written by members G-Dragon and T. O. P, the song peaked at number one on the Gaon Music Chart, and become one of the best-performing singles of 2011 in their home country.
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tonight
Tonight refers to the current or ensuing evening, typically from the present day until midnight or until one goes to sleep. It is used to indicate events, activities, or plans that are happening or scheduled to occur during the evening hours of the same day.
Webster Dictionary
Tonightadverb
on this present or coming night
Tonightadverb
on the last night past
Tonightnoun
the present or the coming night; the night after the present day
Freebase
Tonight
Tonight is the sixteenth studio album by David Bowie, released in 1984. Bowie described the album, released immediately after his previous album's tour wrapped up, as an effort to "keep my hand in, so to speak," and to retain the new audience that he had recently acquired. The album reached number one in the UK album charts in October 1984.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tonight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1977
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tonight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #498
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tonight' in Adverbs Frequency: #140
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tonight in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tonight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of tonight in a Sentence
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
That was the goal, if you could get on the ‘ Tonight Show, ’ that was the standard. So The Tonight Show felt like a great validation … I had played The Tonight Show in my mind so many times, so when I finally got The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show felt surprisingly comfortable. And then when we recreated the set for The Tonight Show, it was eerie … Because I knew what it felt like to sit on that couch. It was electrifying. If you’re a young comedian, but someone has never heard of you, if you’ve done the' Tonight Show, ’ then people think you must be good. That was the only currency people understood. Certainly my parents did. For them, The Tonight Show was like, ‘ All right, he spent all those years staying up late in clubs and making $ 7 a week, but now he must be OK because he was on' The Tonight Show. ’ There was no other show that had that stamp of approval.
Tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans-I ask for your support. (On his Vietnam War policy)
A lot of guys will have to step up if you lose some of the key guys, and I think a lot of guys showed up tonight and played really well, and winning here is tough, and we managed to do it tonight, which obviously (we) did great.
...And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.
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Translations for tonight
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- vannag, vanaandAfrikaans
- هذه الليلة, الليلة, هذا المساءArabic
- сёння ве́чарамBelarusian
- тази вечерBulgarian
- fenoz, henozhBreton
- anitCatalan, Valencian
- dnes v noci, dnes večerCzech
- henoWelsh
- i nat, i aftenDanish
- heute Abend, heute NachtGerman
- απόψεGreek
- ĉi-vespere, hodiaŭ nokte, ĉi-nokteEsperanto
- de noche, esta nocheSpanish
- täna õhtul, tänane õhtuEstonian
- yönä, tänä iltanaFinnish
- í nátt, í kvøldFaroese
- cette nuitFrench
- jûnWestern Frisian
- anochtIrish
- a-nochdScottish Gaelic
- הלילה, הערבHebrew
- आज रात को, आज शाम, आज रातHindi
- ma este, ma éjjelHungarian
- [[այսօր]] [[երեկոյան]], [[այս]] [[գիշերը]], [[այս]] [[երեկո]], [[այս]] [[գիշեր]], [[այսօրվա]] [[երեկոն]]Armenian
- iste nocte, iste vespereInterlingua
- í nótt, í kvöldIcelandic
- stasera, stanotteItalian
- 今夜, 今晩Japanese
- នៅល្ងាចនេះ, យប់នេះKhmer
- 오늘저녁, 오늘밤Korean
- ئهم شهوKurdish
- illejlaMaltese
- i kveldNorwegian
- vannacht, vanavondDutch
- natt, kveld, iNorwegian
- anuèch, anuèitOccitan
- [[hoje]] [[à noite]], [[hoje]] [[à tardinha]], [[esta]]/[[essa]] [[noite]], [[hoje]] [[à noitinha]]Portuguese
- astă noapte, desearăRomanian
- сегодня вечером, сегодня ночьюRussian
- večeras, ноћас, noćasSerbo-Croatian
- dnes v noci, dnešný večer, dnes večerSlovak
- nocójSlovene
- sonteAlbanian
- i natt, i kvällSwedish
- ఈ రాత్రిTelugu
- Bu geceTurkish
- آج رات, آج شام, آج رات کوUrdu
- aneito, aneit, asoaroVolapük
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