What does “tonight” mean?
- 1
adverbduring the evening or night of today
Are you free tonight?
- 2
nounthe evening or night of today
Tonight’s game starts at eight.
Tonight at a glance
- Part of speech
- adverb & noun
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /təˈnaɪt/ · tuh-NYTE
How to use “tonight” correctly
Say “tonight”, not “this night”. For the night before, use “last night”.
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