| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | to·day |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t -d  |
| NOUN: | The present day, time, or age: “Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions” (Carolyn Heilbrun). | | ADVERB: | 1. During or on the present day. 2. During or at the present time. | | ADJECTIVE: | Concerned with or relating to the present time: today issues; the today generation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English to dai, from Old English t dæge : t, to; see to + dæge, dative of dæg, day; see agh- in Appendix I.
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