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THIS NIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does this night mean?
• THIS NIGHT (adverb)
The adverb THIS NIGHT has 1 sense:
1. during the night of the present day
Familiarity information: THIS NIGHT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
During the night of the present day
Synonyms:
this evening; this night; tonight
Context example:
drop by tonight
Context examples
Then he took over the care of the case himself, saying that he would watch this night and the next and would send me word when to come.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
On this night however, as soon as the cloth was taken away, he took up a candle and went into his business room.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
If I had wanted anything by which to mark this night of our re-union, I should have found it in this.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Oh! Peace, peace, my love,” replied I; “this night, and all will be safe; but this night is dreadful, very dreadful.”
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
France and England will fight together this night.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Come back to this lady in a year, and may her future and yours justify us in the judgment which we have pronounced this night!
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This night journey has left me just a little effleuré, and I should like half an hour of privacy to arrange my toilet.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Shall I be an outcast again this night?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The princess asked what she meant, and she said, “Let me speak with the bridegroom this night in his chamber, and I will give thee the dress.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
On this night, sleeping under my beloved shears, I was aroused by his footsteps on the deck.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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