1. The day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)
   "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"
    
2. The present time or age
   "the world of today"; "today we have computers"

1. On this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow
   "I can't meet with you today"
    
2. In these times
   "today almost every home has television";
   - nowadays, now, these days

Derived forms: todays

Type of: 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, nowadays, present, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours

Encyclopedia: Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow