Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The present day, time, or age.
  • adverb During or on the present day.
  • adverb During or at the present time.
  • adjective Concerned with or relating to the present time.

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  • adverb On the current day or date.
  • adverb In the current era; nowadays.
  • noun A current day or date.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English to dai, from Old English tō dæge : , to; see to + dæge, dative of dæg, day; see agh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Via Middle English, from Old English tōdæge, tō dæge, made from tō + dæge, the dative of dæg ("day").

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Examples

  • If Pelosi had the votes today, the bill would've been scheduled to be voted on *today*

    23 Dem Yes Votes on ObamaCare Switch to Undecided | RedState 2010

  • Nor would funding in the stimulous bill for *any* problem we face today have made any difference at all *today* and certainly no funding to deal with a pandemic would have yet born any sort of fruit.

    "GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness." Ann Althouse 2009

  • Write Thymer Review @WWD @today @review @1. 5 @important @waiting will assign myself a task, due today, called "Write Thymer Review."

    WebWorkerDaily Scott Blitstein 2010

  • Write Thymer Review @WWD @today @review @1. 5 @important @waiting will assign myself a task, due today, called "Write Thymer Review."

    WebWorkerDaily Scott Blitstein 2010

  • Haha someone just knocked on my supervisers door and she was sleeping haha poor thing shes been sick mamas not in today either due to sickness I think everyone feels like shit around this place today….

    anasthesia Diary Entry anasthesia 2004

  • But today… ooo, today just has to top this shit off.

    aleighk21 Diary Entry aleighk21 2003

  • If you make the person of today put money into a 401(k) *today* you make them worse off (since they wanted to put money in a 401(k) tomorrow), but you make their yesterday’s self happy.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Welfare Evaluation, Behavioral Agents and Rational Agents 2010

  • only thing changed from the default precision theme is i made it a true today plus (sneak peak appears / disappears by scrolling to different respective icons) clarification on today+: calendar items will always show up. only new items will show up for sms / messages / call log

    PinStack.com 2008

  • President Obama used some of the harshest rhetoric of his term today in denouncing the Republican jobs plan, saying the GOP's emphasis on less regulations would harm the environment, undercut health care, and failed to produce necessary jobs in the short term.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

  • Because the Baath Party was dominated by Sunnis, and ruled ruthlessly over a Shiite majority for decades, the term today also carries sectarian undertones, as was seen Tuesday in Tikrit, Mr. Hussein's hometown in Salahuddin Province, north of Baghdad.

    NYT > Home Page By TIM ARANGO 2011

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