Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
 
Help
today - 4 dictionary results

to⋅day

[tuh-dey]
–noun
1. this present day: Today is beautiful.
2. this present time or age: the world of today.
–adverb
3. on this present day: I will do it today.
4. at the present time; in these days: Today you seldom see horses.
–adjective
5. Informal. of the present era; up-to-date: the today look in clothing styles.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE tō dæg. See to, day
to·day   (tə-dā')   
n.  The present day, time, or age: "Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions" (Carolyn Heilbrun).
adv.  
  1. During or on the present day.
  2. During or at the present time.
adj.  Concerned with or relating to the present time: today issues; the today generation.

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

today 
O.E. todæge, to dæge "on (the) day," from to "at, on" (see to) + dæge, dative of dæg "day." Generally written as two words until 16c., after which it usually was written to-day until early 20c. Similar constructions exist in other Gmc. languages (cf. Du. van daag "from-day," Dan., Swed. i dag "in day"). Ger. heute is from O.H.G. hiutu, from P.Gmc. *hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronomial stem *ki-, represented by L. cis "on this side."
Language Translation for : today
Spanish: hoy,
German: heute,
Japanese: オーブントースター
Search another word or see today on Thesaurus | Reference