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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech;
- Example: "that is enough for the present"
- Example: "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
[syn: present, nowadays]


ADVERB (1)

1. in these times;
- Example: "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford
- Example: "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"
- Example: "today almost every home has television"
[syn: nowadays, now, today]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nowadays \Now"a*days`\ (nou"[.a]*d[=a]z`), adv. [For now on (OE.
   an) days. See A-, 1.]
   In these days; at the present time.
   [1913 Webster]

         What men of spirit, nowadays,
         Come to give sober judgment of new plays? --Garrick.
   [1913 Webster] Noways
   Noway


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nowadays
    adv 1: 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" [syn:
           nowadays, now, today]
    n 1: 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" [syn: present, nowadays]