Definitions for today
təˈdeɪto·day

Princeton's WordNet(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. today(noun)

   the present time or age

   "the world of today"; "today we have computers"

2. today(adverb)

   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, today(adverb)

   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. today(adverb)

   on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow

   "I can't meet with you today"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. today(Noun)

   A current day or date.

   Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.

2. today(Adverb)

   On the current day or date.

3. today(Adverb)

   In the current era; nowadays.

   In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.

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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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. today

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

British National Corpus

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

Anagrams for today »

1. toady

How to pronounce today?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say today in sign language?

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. New CEO Larry Culp:

   I've got the energy and runway to do what it takes, this is the challenge of a lifetime given where we find the company today.

2. Michel Combes:

   We think it is necessary to go ahead with a complete revamp of competition policy which today is suicidal for European interests - notably for our industry.

3. Tammy Norvell:

   It’s so emotional, thinking if it weren’t for him I could be picking out a casket today, living every parent’s nightmare and I’m not.

4. L. Ron Hubbard, Book: The Creation of Human Ability:

   Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow.

5. Hector Rondon:

   We know that first game we did not hit that well and we had to figure out which way to make some runs, so that worked today. I don't know if that will work for tomorrow, but it worked for today and we'll take it.

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