today
adverb, noun
Everyday
- Today is this day, the day that is now. tree →
- Today can also mean the present time, these days: «Children today use tablets». tree →
In the lessons
the day's lesson; the day of the story; amounts for today and yesterday are kept apart unless the question joins them; phrases: «today's lesson», «until today», «a week from today»
Examples
- Today's lesson: Sharing equally. tree →
- Today Mia picked 8 apples; yesterday she picked 5. tree →
- How many pages did Anna read today? tree →
- What is the weather like today? tree →
- Today is my sister's birthday. tree →
- Many people today have a phone. tree →
- We have no homework today. tree →
- It is colder today than it was yesterday. tree →
Note
No plural. «today's» shows belonging: today's news. Carries no operation clue; amounts for different days are kept apart unless the question asks for them together. Yesterday is the day before, tomorrow the day after.
In Jewish tradition
the day's lesson; the day of the story; amounts for today and yesterday are kept apart unless the question joins them; phrases: «today's lesson», «until today», «a week from today»
Examples
- And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?' (Torah EXO.5.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- The letter Resh is not among them, even though it appears in the SY with the letters known commonly today by the acronym Begad-Kefat. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel: 'Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.' (Prophets 1KI.22.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath.' And she said: 'It shall be well.' (Prophets 2KI.4.23, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
No plural. «today's» shows belonging: today's news. Carries no operation clue; amounts for different days are kept apart unless the question asks for them together. Yesterday is the day before, tomorrow the day after.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «today» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «today» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «today» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «today» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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