# tonight

Pronunciation: say "tuh-NYT" /təˈnaɪt/

## Adverb

1. During the evening or night of the present day.
   - Simple: On the evening or night of today.
   - _The concert begins tonight at eight o'clock sharp._
   - _She promised to finish the report tonight before going to bed._

## Noun

2. The night of the present day, treated as a time that can be named or described, as in 'tonight's game' or 'tonight is the big night'.
   - Simple: The night of today.
   - _Tonight is the night of the championship game._
   - _He dreaded that tonight might bring another sleepless stretch of worry._

## Adverb

3. During the night just past; last night. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: During the night that has just passed, or last night.

## Origin

It goes back to Old English "tō niht," which became Middle English "tonyght" or "to niȝt."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tonight (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).