dictionary definitions for "today"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  today
      adv 1: 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" [syn:
             nowadays, now, today]
      2: on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't
         meet with you today"
      n 1: the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we
           have computers"
      2: the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to
         yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see
         today's newspaper?"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  To-day \To-day"\, adv. [AS. t[=o] d[ae]g. See To, prep., and
     Day.]
     On this day; on the present day.
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           Worcester's horse came but to-day.       --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  To-day \To-day"\, n.
     The present day.
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           On to-day
           Is worth for me a thousand yesterdays.   --Longfellow.
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