Tonight
[tə'naɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the present or immediately coming night.
(adv.) during the night of the present day; 'drop by tonight'.
Editor: Stephen--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) On this present or coming night.
(adv.) On the last night past.
(n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Editor: Tracy
Examples
- No, not tonight, Eustacia. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We ought to rehearse tonight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I can bring myself to promise nothing more tonight, Lizzie, except that I will try what I can do. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Was bringing tonight with information Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then you'll not be wanting me any more tonight, ma'am? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I have an additional reason for seeing you tonight besides love of you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And if you hadn't come round to me tonight, dash my wig if I wouldn't have come round to you tomorrow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Parrys and Sandersons luckily are coming tonight you know, and that will amuse her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But tonight every fibre in her body shrank from Lily's nearness: it was torture to listen to her breathing, and feel the sheet stir with it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You shall not sacrifice yourself, and it may be that tonight you can have the chance you wait. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We must cross the river tonight, no mistake, said Tom. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He would like to be there tonight instead of here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Once tonight we have been impeded by the ignorance of the anarchists. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I can't show off tonight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Come and dine with me tonight if you're free, and we'll go into the matter afterward: in case you wish to call on our client tomorrow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Editor: Sasha