Definitions for tonight
təˈnaɪttonight

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tonightadverb

   the present or immediately coming night

2. tonight, this evening, this nightadverb

   during the night of the present day

   "drop by tonight"

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1. tonightnoun

   The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.

2. tonightadverb

   During the current day's nighttime.

3. Etymology: From toniht.

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1. 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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1. 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.

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1. Tonightadverb

   on this present or coming night

2. Tonightadverb

   on the last night past

3. Tonightnoun

   the present or the coming night; the night after the present day

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1. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tonight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1977

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tonight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #498

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tonight' in Adverbs Frequency: #140

Anagrams for tonight »

1. hotting

How to pronounce tonight?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tonight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tonight in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tonight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tonight in a Sentence

1. James Barrie:

   Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

2. Paul Reiser today .:

   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.

3. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   Tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans-I ask for your support. (On his Vietnam War policy)

4. Jakob Silfverberg:

   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.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   ...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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