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(nou'ə-dāz') pronunciation
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.]


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adverb

    At the present; these days: now, today. See time.

noun

    The current time: now, present1, today. See time.

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IN BRIEF: In these times.

pronunciation Nowadays some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with a remote control. — M. Charles Wheeler

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - nutildags, nuomstunder

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegenwoordig, vandaag de dag

Français (French)
adv. - actuellement, de nos jours, aujourd'hui, maintenant

Deutsch (German)
adv. - heute, heutzutage

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - τη σημερινή εποχή, στις μέρες μας

Italiano (Italian)
oggigiorno

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - hoje em dia

Русский (Russian)
нынче

Español (Spanish)
adv. - hoy, hoy en día, actualmente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - nuförtiden, i våra dagar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
现今, 时下

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 現今, 時下

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 오늘날에는

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 近ごろは
n. - 現代

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) هذه الايام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בימינו, כיום‬


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