What does today mean?

Definitions for today
təˈdeɪto·day

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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.

Wikidata

  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 Dictionary

  1. today

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

Editors Contribution

  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  

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  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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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. French President Francois Hollande:

    What exists today is no longer enough and there are countries, and I will not name them here because we have to work with all of them, but who are not responding to their moral obligations, europe is a group of principles, of values which oblige us to welcome those who are pushed out and look for refuge because they are persecuted.

  2. Mike Pompeo:

    We're simply demanding reciprocity. Access for our diplomats in China should be reflective of the access that Chinese diplomats in The Washington Post.The US have, and today's steps will move us substantially in that direction.

  3. James Foggo:

    I think Russian submarines today are perhaps some of the most silent and lethal in the world, with the exception of our own.

  4. Alexander Kudryavtsev:

    It was a fun atmosphere to play today. Even if not everyone was supporting me.

  5. San Antonio:

    In the first half, we couldn't get it going because we were turning it over, too, we were not as sharp today( as we have been). We let them get away with a lot of open looks. It's a win, but we've had better ones.

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