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today
OXFORD DICTIONARY
today, adv. & n.
--adv.
1 on or in the course of this present day (shall we go today?).
2 nowadays, in modern times.
--n.
1 this present day (today is my birthday).
2 modern times.
--adv.
1 on or in the course of this present day (shall we go today?).
2 nowadays, in modern times.
--n.
1 this present day (today is my birthday).
2 modern times.
Idiom
today week (or fortnight etc.) a week (or fortnight etc.) from today.
Etymology
OE to d{aelig}g on (this) day (as TO, DAY)
THESAURUS
today
as of now, as things are, at present, at this juncture, at this moment, at this point, at this time, but now, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, even now, for the nonce, for this occasion, here, here and now, hereat, hic et nunc, historical present, in our time, in these days, just now, modernity, newness, now, nowadays, nowness, on the spot, our times, present, present tense, presently, presentness, the Now Generation, the nonce, the now, the present, the present age, the present day, the present hour, the present juncture, the present time, the time being, the times, these days, this day, this hour, this instant, this moment, this night, this point, this stage, tonightROGET THESAURUS
today
The Present Time
N the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion, the times, the existing time, the time being, today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century, nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour, age, time of life, present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is, present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment, at this time, at this moment, at the present time, now, at present, at hand, at this time of day, today, nowadays, already, even now, but now, just now, on the present occasion, for the time being, for the nonce, pro hac vice, on the nail, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, until now, to this day, to the present day, the present hour alone is man's, the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion, the times, the existing time, the time being, today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century, nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour, age, time of life, present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is, present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment, at this time, at this moment, at the present time, now, at present, at hand, at this time of day, today, nowadays, already, even now, but now, just now, on the present occasion, for the time being, for the nonce, pro hac vice, on the nail, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, until now, to this day, to the present day, the present hour alone is man's.For further exploring for "today" in Webster Dictionary Online