today

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   On this day, not yesterday or tomorrow.

   I can't meet you today, but I'm free tomorrow.

2. 2
   noun

   This day; the day that is happening now.

   Today is the day we finally fix this.

3. 3
   adv

   In the present time; these days.

   Today we have machines to do most of that work.

4. 4
   noun

   The present time or age.

   The world of today is very different from the past.

From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).

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