today
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[edit] English
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- to-day (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English < Old English tōdæge, tō dæge, made from tō + dæge, the dative of dæg (“‘day’”).
- The first component (to-) is from Middle English < Old English tō (“‘towards, for the purpose of’”) < West Germanic *to < Proto-Indo-European *do- (“‘to, toward, upward’”).
- The second component (-day) is from Middle English < Old English dæg < Proto-Germanic *dagaz < Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʰ- (“‘to burn’”). It is not related to Latin dies (which is from PIE base Proto-Indo-European *dyeu- (“‘to shine’”)), but rather to Sanskrit दाह (dāha), “‘heat’”), which came from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʰ- (“‘to burn’”).
- Thus, today and day are not related to Spanish día, but to favor and fever.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪ
- IPA: /təˈdeɪ/
[edit] Adverb
today (not comparable)
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- On the current day or date.
- "I want this done today."
- Today is Sunday.
- 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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on the current day
nowadays
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[edit] Noun
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today (plural todays)
- A current day or date.
- Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
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[edit] Usage notes
Todays is a mostly literary plural. I refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are these days and nowadays.
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today (noun)
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