today
Syllables: to·day/tʊˈdeɪ//təˈdeɪ/
today adverb: on the current day or date.
Adverb
today (not comparable)
- On the current day or date.
- I want this done today.
- Today, my brother went to the shops.
- In the current era; nowadays; these days.
- In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
- 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...2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2013, page 70
- On the day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening.
- We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days.
Noun
today (countable and uncountable, plural todays)
- The current day or date.
- Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
- We could've spent today at the seaside if it weren't gusty.
- The 24-hour period beginning at 5 or 6 a.m. or sunrise of the current day.
- The present era; nowadays.
- This is the sporty jacket for today's modern man on the go.
- The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
Adjective
today (not comparable)
- Current; up to date.
- Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's very today. It's what people respond to today.1965, Tom Wolfe, quoting Phil Spector, “The First Tycoon of Teen”, in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 67
- […] she (Françoise Hardy) is so today, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.1966 December 18, Joan Barthel, “Francoise from France: White Boots and Ye-Ye”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- now
today meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
today in Hindi
- on the current day
- आज āj, यौम yaum, अद्य adya
- today (noun)
- आज āj
today in Tamil
- on the current day
- இன்று iṉṟu
today in Marathi
- on the current day
- आज āja
- nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- आजकाल ājkāl
- today (noun)
- आज āj, आजचा दिवस ājcā divas
today in Urdu
- on the current day
- آج āj, ادیہ adya, امروز imroz
- nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- آج کل āj kal
- today (noun)
- امروز irmoz
More languagesFewer languages
- today in Bengali
- আজ aj, আজকাল ajkal
- today in Telugu
- నేడు nēḍu
- today in Malayalam
- ഇന്ന് innŭ, പുകയില pukayila
- today in Kannada
- ಇಂದು indu
- today in Punjabi
- ਅੱਜ ajja
- today in Gujarati
- આજે āje, આજ āja
- today in Odia
- ଆଜି āji
- today in Sanskrit
- अद्य adya
- today in Sinhala
- අද ada
- today in Assamese
- আজি azi
- today in Nepali
- आज āja
- today in Pashto
- نن ورځ nan wraź
- today in Tagalog
- ngayon
- today in Arabic
- الْيَوْمَ al-yawma, النهارده en-nɑhɑ́r-dɑ, اليوم il-yōm, حَاضِر ḥāḍir
- today in Malay
- hari ini
- today in Indonesian
- hari ini, masa sekarang, dewasa ini
- today in Persian
- اِمْروز imrōz, امروز emruz
- today in Thai
- วันนี้ wan-níi, ตอนนี้ dtɔɔn-níi, ปัจจุบัน bpàt-jù-ban
- today in Vietnamese
- hôm nay, bữa nay, ngày nay
- today in Myanmar
- ယနေ့ ya.ne., ယခုနေ့ ya.hku.ne., ဒီနေ့ dine.
- Sindhi
- اَڄُ aju
- Dhivehi
- މިއަދު miadu
- Kashmiri
- اَز az
- Dzongkha
- ད་རིས da ris
Examples of today in a sentence
- What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
- The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
- Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.
Synonyms of today
Forms of today
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative Internet | 2day |
| alternative form (archaic) | to-day |
| alternative form (obsolete) | to day |
| Noun | |
| plural | todays |
Origin of today
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”).
Words formed from today
- todayness
- 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's lucky 10,000
- today's lucky ten thousand
- today we are all
- today years old
- what date is it today
- what day is it today
- yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
- yesterday-today-tomorrow
Words that rhyme with today
Questions about today
- What does today mean?
- Today means on the current day or date.
- What is today in Hindi?
- Today in Hindi is आज (āj), यौम (yaum), अद्य (adya). See Today meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is today?
- Today can be an adverb, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce today?
- Today is pronounced /tʊˈdeɪ/ (UK).
Words near today in the dictionary
Source and license
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