See Also: tonight(dictionary)
tonight 1, adverb(dictionary)
tonight 2, noun(dictionary)

tonight (iou)



tonight adverb & noun. Also to-night, (now rare or obsolete) to night. See also TONITE adverb. OE.
[from TO preposition + NIGHT noun. Cf. TODAY.]
A. adverb.
On the night following this day; colloq. on the evening of today, this evening (i.e. later). OE.
G. Greene Will you have dinner with me to-night?
On this very night (i.e. now, at night); colloq. on this very evening. ME.
M. Arnold Lovely all times she lies, lovely tonight. G. Vidal But tonight Philip was not..interested in finding a companion. M. Gilbert He was in the pub tonight.
On the night just past, last night. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet I dreamt a dream tonight.
b. noun. This night; the night after this day. Also, this evening. ME.
Wordsworth To-night will be a stormy night. Guardian Tonight's papers are full of..interviews with the..survivors.