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today

to·day

UK/tʊˈdeɪ/ US/təˈdeɪ/ very common informal
noun (2) adverb (2)

noun

1.

the present time or age

  • “the world of today”
  • “today we have computers”
2.

the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)

  • “Today is beautiful”
  • “did you see today”

adverb

1.

in these times

  • “it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished” Nancy Mitford
  • “we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets”
  • “today almost every home has television”
Synonyms
2.

on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow

  • “I can”

Origin

From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).

Phrases

  • better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
  • here today, gone tomorrow
  • jam today
  • never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
  • today is a good day to die
  • today we are all
  • today's lucky 10,000
  • today's lucky ten thousand

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Broader terms

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