: 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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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
And the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be streamed live at 8 p.m. ET on Netflix tonight with Kristen Bell as host.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
The one and only Jane Fonda, who will be honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award during tonight’s telecast, presented to her by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
—Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
And tonight, the final installment of the two-part ceremony was held at Los Angeles’s Pasadena Civic Auditorium near the historic Altadena, known for its Black community and legacy in the arts.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Hosted by Kristen Bell, tonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards feature the thespians feting their own in a variety of movie and TV categories.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
And the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be streamed live at 8 p.m. ET on Netflix tonight with Kristen Bell as host.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
The one and only Jane Fonda, who will be honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award during tonight’s telecast, presented to her by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
—Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
And tonight, the final installment of the two-part ceremony was held at Los Angeles’s Pasadena Civic Auditorium near the historic Altadena, known for its Black community and legacy in the arts.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Tonight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonight. Accessed 3 Mar. 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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