today
See also: to-day
English
Alternative forms
- to-day (archaic)
Etymology
Via Middle English today, from Old English tōdæġe, tō dæġe (“on [the] day”), made from tō (“at, on”) + dæġe, the dative of dæġ (“day”). See to and day. Compare Dutch vandaag (“today”), Middle Low German van dage (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈdeɪ/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /təˈdeɪ/, [tʰəˈdeɪ], /tʊˈdeɪ/, [tʰʊˈdeɪ]
Audio (GA) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
- Hyphenation: to‧day
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.
- 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
- 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 prevalent today.
- In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
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Derived terms
Translations
on the current day
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nowadays
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Noun
today (plural todays)
- A current day or date.
- Synonyms: current day, this day
- Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
- 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
- Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
- (US, meteorology) From 6am to 6pm on the current day.
Usage notes
Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are these days and nowadays.
Translations
today (noun)
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See also
Middle English
References
- “todai (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.
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