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now·a·days  (nou-dz)
adv.
During the present time; now.

[Middle English nouadaies : nou, now; see now + a (variant of on, on; see on) + daies, genitive of dai, day; see day.]

nowadays [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz]
adv
in these times
[from now + adays from Old English a on + dæges genitive of day]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nowadaysnowadays - the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
now - the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
here and now, present moment, moment - at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
date - the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"
nonce, time being - the present occasion; "for the nonce"
today - the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"
tonight - the present or immediately coming night
Adv.1.nowadaysnowadays - in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television"

nowadays
adverb now, today, at the moment, these days, in this day and age Economic discontent is widespread in a country which is nowadays one of the poorest in Asia.
Translations
nowadays [ˈnaʊədeɪz] ADVhoy(en)día, en la actualidad

nowadays [ˈnaʊədeɪz] adv
(in contrast to the past)de nos jours
Nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious → De nos jours, l'ambition chez les femmes est bien acceptée.
(at the moment)ces temps-ci
I don't see much of Tony nowadays → Je ne vois pas beaucoup Tony ces temps-ci.

nowadays
advheute, heutzutage

nowadays [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz] adval giorno d'oggi, oggi, oggigiorno, oggidì
nowadays I haven't got time to watch television → attualmente non ho il tempo per guardare la televisione
nowadays [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz] adval giorno d'oggi, oggi, oggigiorno, oggidì
nowadays I haven't got time to watch television → attualmente non ho il tempo per guardare la televisione

nowadays في هذه الأيام dnes nu om dage heutzutage τη σημερινή εποχή hoy en día nykyään de nos jours ovih dana oggigiorno このごろは 요즈음 tegenwoordig nå for tiden obecnie actualmente, atualmente в наши дни nuförtiden ปัจจุบันนี้ bugünlerde ngày nay 现今


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