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to⋅night

  [tuh-nahyt]
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–noun
1. this present or coming night; the night of this present day.
–adverb
2. on this present night; on the night of this present day.
3. Obsolete. during last night.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME to night, OE tō niht. See to, night
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to·night   (tə-nīt')   
adv.  On or during the present or coming night.
n.  This night or the night of this day.

[Middle English to night, from Old English tō niht, at night : tō, at, on; see to + niht, night; see night.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Tonight

To*night"\, adv. [Prep. to + night]

1. On this present or coming night.

2. On the last night past. [Obs.] --Shak.

Tonight

To*night"\, n. The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : tonight
Spanish: esta noche,
German: heute abend,
Japanese: 今夜
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tonight 
O.E. toniht "tomorrow night" (Anglo-Saxon day began at sunset), from to "at, on" (see to) + niht (see night). Written as two words until 18c., after which it was to-night until early 20c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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