Definition

1. Adverb:

   • On this present day: Refers to the current day, specifically the day on which the speaker is speaking or writing.
   • At the present time, in the current era: Refers to the modern period, the contemporary age.

2. Noun:

   • This present day: The specific calendar day that is occurring now.
   • The present period or age: The current time in history or in one's life.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • I have a meeting scheduled for today. (Refers to the current calendar day.)
  • Communication is much faster today than in the past. (Refers to the modern era.)

• Noun:

  • Today is Monday. (Refers to the current day.)
  • The youth of today face different challenges. (Refers to the present generation or time.)

Advanced Usage

• "as of today": Starting from this day; at the present moment.
  • As of today, the new policy is in effect.
• "today's world": The modern world or contemporary society.
  • Navigating today's world requires digital literacy.

Variants and Related Words

• Nowadays (adv): In the present time, currently. (Often used similarly to the second adverbial sense of "today".)
  • Nowadays, most people own a smartphone.
• Present-day (adj): Belonging to the current time.
  • Present-day technology is amazing.

Synonyms

• Now (adv, n): At the present time; the present moment.
• Currently (adv): At the present time.
• In this day and age (idiom): In the modern period.

Related Phrases

• Here today, gone tomorrow: Describing something that is temporary or short-lived.
  • Fashion trends are often here today, gone tomorrow.
• Today is the first day of the rest of your life: An idiom encouraging a fresh start or a new perspective beginning now.

Adverb

1. on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow
   • I can't meet with you today
2. 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

Noun

1. the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)
   • Today is beautiful
   • did you see today's newspaper?
2. the present time or age
   • the world of today
   • today we have computers