today
/təˈdeɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.55 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the current era; nowadays; these days.
Example Sentences
- "I want this done today."
- "Today, my brother went to the shops."
- "In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers."
- "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today."
- "We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days."
- "Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all."
Etymology
From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: today, tōdæġ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /təˈdeɪ/
- British English: /tʊˈdeɪ/