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# today

«today» in Mova's school dictionary: **this day, the day that is now** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb, noun

### meaning for a pupil

1) Today is this day, the day that is now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#m1)

2) Today can also mean the present time, these days: «Children today use tablets». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#m2)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x1)
- Today Mia picked 8 apples; yesterday she picked 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x2)
- How many pages did Anna read today? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x3)
- What is the weather like today? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x4)
- Today is my sister's birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x5)
- Many people today have a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x6)
- We have no homework today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x7)
- It is colder today than it was yesterday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/#x8)

### 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 the corpora

- [A pill box with the days of the week helps someone see whether today's tablets have been taken and avoid a double dose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/21/)
- ["I'm being good today" about food is just a phrase; eating a biscuit does not make anyone bad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/10/)
- [It shows the worst moments, because what is new and unusual today is what makes the news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/1/)
- [Some things you simply cannot know from your lessons, such as today's real date.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/5/)
- [In some films, especially older musicals, a different singer recorded the songs for the actor; today many actors sing for themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «today» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.