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NOWADAYS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
Example:
he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow
Synonyms:
nowadays; present
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("nowadays" is a kind of...):
time (the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nowadays"):
now (the momentary present)
here and now; moment; present moment (at this time)
date (the present)
nonce; time being (the present occasion)
today (the present time or age)
tonight (the present or immediately coming night)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In these times
Example:
today almost every home has television
Synonyms:
now; nowadays; today
Classified under:
Context examples:
Dr. Guillermo Benítez, also of the UGR, comments: Our findings—based on our review of Pre-Columbian codices, medieval texts, and books on ethnobotany—show that, despite many of the traditional uses of these plants being similar in both countries, nowadays there are striking differences.
(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)
Luckily there is no distinction of dress nowadays to tell tales, but—but—but Yours affectionately.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays, men have to work and women marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world," said Meg bitterly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"Plenty of gas," said Tom boisterously. He looked at the gauge. "And if it runs out I can stop at a drug store. You can buy anything at a drug store nowadays."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
