TODAY

[adverb] [not gradable], [noun] - (on) the present dayWhat's the date today?He's going to call at some point today.I'm feeling a lot better today.We could go today or tomorrow.A report published today suggests that more than half of Britain's prisons are understaffed.The government will today announce a scheme to set up hostels for homeless youngsters in London.I was expecting to have received your report before today.Today's even hotter than yesterday!Is that today's paper?He left today, which is a Tuesday, so he should be back today week/a week today (= on the Tuesday of next week).Today can also be used more generally to mean the present time.Today, people are much more concerned about their health than they were in the past.With today's technology almost anything seems possible.The youth of today don't know how lucky they are."We've just about cornered the market in North America." "Well, today North America, tomorrow the world (= we hope to control this everywhere)."