: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
Courtside, tonight’s game saw die-hard Knicks fans Spike Lee (in a Pope Leo NYKnicks jersey), Tracy Morgan, Ben Stiller, Jay-Z, Larry David, Law & Order icons Mariska Hargitay Christopher Meloni, plus Timothée Chalamet, who was wearing an orange jumpsuit.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 June 2026
The act tonight was the Messthetics, a punk-prog-jazz outfit, featuring the drummer and the bassist from Fugazi (Brendan Canty and Joe Lally), a guitar wizard (Anthony Pirog), and a sax man (James Brandon Lewis).
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Heat and severe storms later this week While only spotty showers will linger tonight, as the week goes on the conditions will become riper for more dangerous severe weather.
—Kylee Miller, CBS News, 8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for tonight
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
There is an undeniable energy in the building tonight.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
Courtside, tonight’s game saw die-hard Knicks fans Spike Lee (in a Pope Leo NYKnicks jersey), Tracy Morgan, Ben Stiller, Jay-Z, Larry David, Law & Order icons Mariska Hargitay Christopher Meloni, plus Timothée Chalamet, who was wearing an orange jumpsuit.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 June 2026
The act tonight was the Messthetics, a punk-prog-jazz outfit, featuring the drummer and the bassist from Fugazi (Brendan Canty and Joe Lally), a guitar wizard (Anthony Pirog), and a sax man (James Brandon Lewis).
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Heat and severe storms later this week While only spotty showers will linger tonight, as the week goes on the conditions will become riper for more dangerous severe weather.
—Kylee Miller, CBS News, 8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for tonight
Cite this Entry
“Tonight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonight. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
