now·a·days (nou  -d z )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
Adverb
in these times: nowadays his work is regarded as out-of-date
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| Noun | 1. |  nowadays - 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. |  nowadays - 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" |
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