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today

today

555 1.0
The time we are living in now
  • noun
  • /təˈdeɪ/
: actualidad
  • I thought to myself, the entire world today suffers from these same problems.
  • the world today
  • society today
  • schools today

Examples

  • Should history be a guide to living our lives today and in planning for our tomorrows?

    Academic text (2011)
  • The youth of today are quite something.

  • So the question we have today is what do we do now?

  • Most of our wealth today depends on debt.

  • It's a great assembly today.

  • Good morning and welcome to today's blog from London.

  • Meteorologists have today announced the worst of the extreme storms have finally passed.

  • And most people today don't have true friendship.

  • Even though Gimbutas died in 1994, archaeologists today are still working in her shadow.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Today is an important today for everyone involved in the project.

Synonyms

now
vstoday
304 1.0

The present moment when something is happening

is broader, applying both to that moment and to the whole current period
present
vstoday
279 1.0

The time that is happening now

refers more generally to the current age as well as the time we live in
here and now
vstoday
68 3.5

The time and place you are in now

omits the location focus and names the present time or age generally
59 3.5

The present time that people often compare with the past

is a basic name for the current time without comparison emphasis
54 3.8

The present time, especially compared with the past

is a plain label for the ongoing period rather than a contrast phrase
modern times
vstoday
33 3.4

The present time when people share common ideas and ways of life

is the neutral label for the present time rather than the era view
present moment
vstoday
19 2.1

The time that is happening now

covers that immediate moment but also the wider present age
modern era
vstoday
19 3.1

The recent period of history from the Industrial Revolution to today

is the straightforward present-time term without historical contrast
3 3.4

The present time and the events, ideas, and conditions that shape life now

is a simpler expression for the same ongoing time period
present times
vstoday
1 3.1

The time now with the common ideas and ways people live

is broader, also including the simple fact of the current time

Idioms

9.9

To learn something surprising for the first time today

Surface Forms

today singular
todays plural

Morphology

today = day (semi-transparent) = to + day

The components are clear, but the abstracted meaning 'the present time or age' is an extended sense beyond the literal calendar day. [Postprocessing: moved 'to' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Today comes from old English to- 'on' + day 'day', and because it meant 'this day' people also began to use it for the present time or age, which is why today can mean 'nowadays'.