Definitions for today
təˈdeɪto·day

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 6 votes

1. todaynoun

   the present time or age

   "the world of today"; "today we have computers"

2. todayadverb

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

   "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"

3. nowadays, now, todayadverb

   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"

4. todayadverb

   on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow

   "I can't meet with you today"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. todaynoun

   A current day or date.

   Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.

2. todayadverb

   On the current day or date.

3. todayadverb

   In the current era; nowadays.

   In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.

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1. Today

   I Die for You Today is the 22nd single overall from Alphaville, and the first single from Alphaville's 2010 album Catching Rays on Giant. The original lyrics for the song were written by The Outsider, a long-time fan of the band, and published on the band's official mailing list in 2001. Marian Gold later reworked the lyrics for the song. It was released on August 22, 2010.

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1. today

   Today refers to the current day or 24-hour period in which one is currently living or experiencing. It is used to denote the present time and can be understood as the period between past events and future events that begins with the start of the day and ends at its conclusion.

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1. Today

   Today is an Australian breakfast television program, currently presented by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson. It has been broadcast live by the Nine Network since 1982. The program airs after Nine Early Morning News and runs from 5.30am to 9am before Mornings.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. today

   The hearse that carries the dreams of yesterday to the cemetery.

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1. todaynoun

   The agenda expressing motion in the direction of reason in a particular location in a period of twenty four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis. 1.) on or in the course of this present day in time.

   Today I am traveling to pay Hajj to my family member.

   Etymology: God's Orah

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 12, 2024  

Matched Categories

1. • Present

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'today' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #405

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'today' in Written Corpus Frequency: #229

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'today' in Adverbs Frequency: #50

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Anagrams for today »

1. toady

How to pronounce today?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say today in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of today in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of today in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of today in a Sentence

1. Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan:

   We'll be posting sometime today.

2. Bin Laden:

   Bin Laden also suggests launching a massive Syrian-based army in order to defend Jerusalem from the Jewish people, as Bin Laden put it. We must remember that the road to liberating Palestine today is much closer than the one that existed before the blessed Syrian revolution, thus, the Muslim Ummah must focus its attention on the jihad in Syria.

3. John Dryden:

   Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

4. Earnhardt Jr.:

   I think he certainly would be happy and proud, but also typical Dad going, ‘ Well, if you try a little harder here, ’ or ‘ If you had done a little different there ’ and ‘ Maybe you should prioritize this, ’ that's exactly what I would expect from him and I would welcome that type of criticism today.

5. Jim Jordan:

   There are potential solutions to this problem that we should have put forth earlier, unfortunately, because Chairman Nadler has declined to allow the Judiciary Committee to consider these other possibilities, we’re left with just the bill before us today.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=today
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Today
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=today
6. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=today
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=today