how to pronounce tonight

/təˈnaɪt/

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tonight is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tonight in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… which is going up tonight but I'm so a …”

meaning of tonight

Tonight means the evening.

tonight frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word tonight occurs in english on average 68.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.