Meaning & use
today
On or during the present day.
See it in a sentence
Today is the deadline for submitting the grant application.
We finally finished painting the fence today after weeks of delay.
A note on using this word
Today functions as both an adverb of time and a noun referring to the present day or era, as in 'today's technology.'
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The present day, era, or time, as opposed to the past.
Today's technology would have seemed like pure magic a century ago.
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