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to·day (tə dā)

adverb

  1. on or during the present day
  2. in the present time or age; nowadays

Etymology: ME to dai < OE to dæg: see to & day

noun

  1. the present day
  2. the present time or period

adjective

Informal characterized by, exemplifying, or knowing what is most modern or fashionable; up-to-date a today designer

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today

n.

this day, the present, our time, this moment; see now 1.


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today quotes

Faith, Sir, we are here to-day, and gone to-morrow.

-Behan, Brendan Francis

Celuy vit seulement, lequel vit aujourdhuy. Only the person who lives for today lives at all.

-Bellay,Joachim du

Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and saw my works.

-Book of Common Prayer

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