Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nowadays

/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: nowa-days
IPA: /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At the present time; in the current era.

Example Sentences

"Cars nowadays are more efficient."
"Me-thinkes miſtreſſe, you ſhould haue little reaſon for that: and yet to ſay the truth, reaſon and loue keepe little company together, now-adayes."
"What is it that now adayes makes all our quarrells mortall?"
"The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz."
"And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays, he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted."
"'Cause everybody's happy nowadays / Everybody's happy nowadays"

Etymology

From now + adays.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
British English: /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/

Inflected Forms

nowaday (alternative) nowadayes (alternative, obsolete) now-a-days (alternative) now-adays (alternative, archaic) now a days (alternative) nowdays (alternative, pronunciation spelling) nowsaday (alternative, Singapore)

Synonyms

currently in this day and age now these days today present

Questions

How do you pronounce nowadays?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/.
What does nowadays mean?: At the present time; in the current era.
Where does nowadays come from?: From now + adays.

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