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# tonight

adverb; noun (tonight)

«tonight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tonight means this evening or this night, the one coming at the end of today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#m1)
2. As a noun, tonight is the evening or night of today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is used for plans and weather («rain tonight»); in stories it builds suspense about what will happen. Phrases: «tonight's dinner», «later tonight», «not tonight».

### Examples

- We are having pizza tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x1)
- It will be cold tonight, so wear a jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x2)
- Tonight's show starts at seven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x3)
- Can I stay up late tonight? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x4)
- Look for the full moon tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x5)
- I'll finish my homework tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x6)
- Not tonight, it's a school night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x7)
- “But I’m telling you that I go tonight.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/#x8)

### Note

One word, no hyphen today (to-night is old). «Tonight's» with an apostrophe. Compare: today (this day), tomorrow (next day), last night (the night before). Informal spelling «tonite» is not correct in schoolwork.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tonight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tonight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tonight.html) on Mova free.