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tonight

[ tuh-nahyt ]

noun

  1. this present or coming night; the night of this present day.


adverb

  1. on this present night; on the night of this present day.
  2. Obsolete. during last night.

tonight

/ əˈԲɪ /

noun

  1. the night or evening of this present day
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in or during the night or evening of this day
  2. archaic.
    last night
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tonight1

before 1000; Middle English to night, Old English tō niht. See to, night
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tonight1

Old English ōԾ, from to 1(at) + night
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“Take tonight. He got a strikeout with a 95-mph two-seamer. When he mixes in a pitch like that, it makes it harder for hitters to sit on particular pitches.”

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"But in a few years time this will really hit me that what I've done tonight was really special."

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Ms Lee also highlighted that the global stock market rout looks set to continue: "US futures trading lower point to another hard session on Wall Street tonight."

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“I’m about to focus on this win tonight and get some treatment and see how it goes the next few days.”

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So, it should be good for us, just having that intensity, having that understanding and awareness that tonight, every night is an important game to try to make the playoffs.”

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