tonight
/təˈnaɪt/
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Northumbria/ðəˈniːt/
tonight adverb: during the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
Adverb
tonight (not comparable)
- During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
- I want to party tonight!
- I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
- Last night.
- Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury,
With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire,
And others more, going to seek the grave
Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night
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- Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury,
Noun
tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)
tonight meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tonight in Hindi
- during today's nighttime
- आज रात को āj rāt ko
- during today's evening
- आज शाम āj śām
- nighttime today
- आज रात āj rāt
tonight in Tamil
- இன்று இரவு
tonight in Marathi
- during today's nighttime
- आज रात्री āj rātrī
- during today's evening
- आज संध्याकाळी āj sandhyākāḷī, आज सायंकाळी āj sāyaṅkāḷī
- nighttime today
- आजची रात्र ājcī rātra
tonight in Urdu
- during today's nighttime
- آج رات کو āj rāt ko
- during today's evening
- آج شام āj śām
- nighttime today
- آج رات āj rāt
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- tonight in Bengali
- অদ্য রজনীতে
- tonight in Telugu
- ఈ రాత్రి ī rātri
- tonight in Malayalam
- ഈ രാത്രി, ഇന്നത്തെ രാത്രി
- tonight in Tagalog
- ngayong gabi
- tonight in Arabic
- اَللَّيْلَةَ al-laylata, هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ hāḏihi l-laylata, هٰذَا الْمَسَاء hāḏā l-masāʔ, اللَّيْلَ al-layla
- tonight in Indonesian
- nanti malam
- tonight in Vietnamese
- đêm nay, tối nay
- tonight in Myanmar
- ဒီည di-nya.
Examples of tonight in a sentence
- Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
- It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.
- How are we all tonight? Have we got our happy faces on?
Forms of tonight
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | to-night |
| alternative form | to-nite |
| alternative form | tonite |
| alternative form | t'night |
| Noun | |
| plural | tonights |
Origin of tonight
From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.
Words formed from tonight
Phrases with tonight
Words that rhyme with tonight
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about tonight
- What does tonight mean?
- Tonight means during the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
- What is tonight in Hindi?
- Tonight in Hindi is आज रात को (āj rāt ko), आज शाम (āj śām), आज रात (āj rāt). See Tonight meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tonight?
- Tonight can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce tonight?
- Tonight is pronounced /təˈnaɪt/.
Words near tonight in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tonight (page history and authors); tonight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tonight (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tonight (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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