today
this present day: Today is beautiful.
this present time or age: the world of today.
on this present day: I will do it today.
at the present time; in these days: Today you seldom see horses.
Informal. of the present era; up-to-date: the today look in clothing styles.
Origin of today
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use today in a sentence
There's a substantial feature on the event in todays Irish Examiner.
Five short novels of improbable todays and possible tomorrows.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinMany scientific terms used in this book are different from todays standard terminology.
Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 | Jane MarcetThe more I think about todays game, fellows, the more certain I am that we were mighty lucky to break even!
Left Half Harmon | Ralph Henry BarbourI saw in todays defender where labor was wanter transportation advanced from Chicago.
I am now lying here, and all is over, all is found out; there are no more questions and answers, no more todays and tomorrows.
British Dictionary definitions for today
/ (təˈdeɪ) /
this day, as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow
the present age: children of today
during or on this day
nowadays
Origin of today
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with today
see here today, gone tomorrow.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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