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See also:to-day

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtoday,to-daie,todæig, fromOld Englishtōdæġ,tō dæġe(“today”, literally“on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent toto +‎day. CompareSaterland Frisiandäälich(“today”),Dutchvandaag(“today”),Old Saxonhindag(“today”, literally“[this] day forward”),German Low Germanvandage,vandaag(“today”),Swedishi dag,idag(“today”).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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today (notcomparable)

  1. On the currentday ordate.
    I want this donetoday.
    Today, my brother went to the shops.
  2. In the currentera;nowadays;these days.
    In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, buttoday we have electric can openers.
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8841, page70:
      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalenttoday.
  3. (informal) Theday of arecurringcycle orevent which is currently happening.
    We used to prepare everythingtoday, but now we split it over two days.

Translations

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on the current day
nowadays—see alsonowadays,‎these days

Noun

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today (pluraltodays)

  1. Acurrentday ordate.
    Synonyms:current day,this day
    Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
    The youth oftoday have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
    • 1899,Hughes Mearns,Antigonish:
      Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there againtoday / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
  2. (informal or meteorology) 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise of the current day.
  3. The present time period;nowadays.

Usage notes

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Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial arethese days andnowadays.

Derived terms

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Translations

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today (noun)
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Adjective

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today (notcomparable)

  1. (informal)Current;up to date.
    Synonym:now
    • 1965,Tom Wolfe, quotingPhil Spector, “The First Tycoon of Teen”, inThe Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,→ISBN,→OCLC,page67:
      Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's verytoday. It's what people respond to today.
    • 1966 December 18, Joan Barthel, “Francoise from France: White Boots and Ye-Ye”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
      […] she (Françoise Hardy) is sotoday, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishtōdæġ, equivalent toto- +‎day.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toːˈdɛi̯/,/tɔˈdɛi̯/,/tuˈdɛi̯/

Adverb

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today

  1. On the currentday.
  2. On this date in pastyears.
  3. (used substantively) The current day.

Descendants

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References

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