Dictionary

nowadays en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈnuː.ə.deɪz/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From now + adays.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) At the present time; in the current era.
   • My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs. 2012 June 11, Dick Vinegar, “What makes doctors tick?”, in The Guardian:
   • Cars nowadays are more efficient.
   • 'Cause everybody's happy nowadays / Everybody's happy nowadays 1979, “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays”, performed by Buzzcocks:
   • And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays, he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VI, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
   • Me-thinkes miſtreſſe, you ſhould haue little reaſon for that: and yet to ſay the truth, reaſon and loue keepe little company together, now-adayes. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 152, column 2:
   • The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz. 1762, A[nton] F[riedrich] Busching, “Introduction to the Description of Germany”, in [Patrick Murdoch], transl., A New System of Geography: In Which Is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States in the Known World; […], volumes IV (Containing, Part of Germany, viz. Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, Austria, Burgundy, Westphalia, and the Circle of the Rhine), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, § 4, page 4:
   • What is it that now adayes makes all our quarrells mortall? 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Cowardize, the Mother of Crueltie”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 399:

Forms

Synonyms

in this day and age (at the present time) · these days (at the present time) · now (at the present time) · currently (at the present time) · today (at the present time)

Translations (103)

pa ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (at the present time; in the current era) · mr आजकाल (at the present time; in the current era) · sl dándánes (at the present time; in the current era) · ru сего́дня (at the present time; in the current era) · ur آج کل (at the present time; in the current era) · fr actuellement (at the present time; in the current era) · vi đời nay (at the present time; in the current era) · da nu til dags (at the present time; in the current era) · pl obecnie (at the present time; in the current era) · id sekarang ini (at the present time; in the current era) · pa اَجّ کَلّ (at the present time; in the current era) · sv numera (at the present time; in the current era) · pt atualmente (at the present time; in the current era) · de momentan (at the present time; in the current era) · ru в на́ши дни (at the present time; in the current era) · nl nu (at the present time; in the current era) · fr aujourd'hui (at the present time; in the current era) · sv nu för tiden (at the present time; in the current era) · vi hiện nay (at the present time; in the current era) · pt hoje (at the present time; in the current era) · fi nykyaikana (at the present time; in the current era) · ja 現代においては (at the present time; in the current era) · ca actualment (at the present time; in the current era) · it oggigiorno (at the present time; in the current era) · uk тепе́р (at the present time; in the current era) · gl actualmente (at the present time; in the current era) · pa ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (at the present time; in the current era) · cmn 現今 /现今 (at the present time; in the current era) · sv numer (at the present time; in the current era) · da nu om stunder (at the present time; in the current era) · uk ни́ні (at the present time; in the current era) · bg в наши дни (at the present time; in the current era) · syl ꠀꠁꠎ-ꠇꠣꠁꠟ (at the present time; in the current era) · id sekarang (at the present time; in the current era) · fy hjoed de dei (at the present time; in the current era) · vi ngày nay (at the present time; in the current era) · pa ਅੱਜਕੱਲ (at the present time; in the current era) · pt hoje em dia (at the present time; in the current era) · ru тепе́рь (at the present time; in the current era) · es en la actualidad (at the present time; in the current era) · id saat ini (at the present time; in the current era) · de gegenwärtig (at the present time; in the current era) · de jetzt (at the present time; in the current era) · id pada masa kini (at the present time; in the current era) · de heute (at the present time; in the current era) · fi nykyään (at the present time; in the current era) · eu gaur egun (at the present time; in the current era) · bg сега (at the present time; in the current era) · fr de nos jours (at the present time; in the current era) · bg понастоящем (at the present time; in the current era) · sa अद्य (at the present time; in the current era) · nl tegenwoordig (at the present time; in the current era) · nl heden ten dage (at the present time; in the current era) · cmn 當今 /当今 (at the present time; in the current era) · de zurzeit (at the present time; in the current era) · gsw hütigs Tags (at the present time; in the current era) · akk inanna (at the present time; in the current era) · as আজিকালি (at the present time; in the current era) · ang on þissum dagum (at the present time; in the current era) · de derzeitig (at the present time; in the current era) · de zur Zeit (at the present time; in the current era) · lb hautdesdaags (at the present time; in the current era) · fi nykyisin (at the present time; in the current era) · gd an latha an-diugh (at the present time; in the current era) · vi dạo này (at the present time; in the current era) · hi आज कल (at the present time; in the current era) · nl momenteel (at the present time; in the current era) · he כיום (at the present time; in the current era) · ka დღესდღეობით (at the present time; in the current era) · ru в на́ше вре́мя (at the present time; in the current era) · it oggidì (at the present time; in the current era) · fr présentement (at the present time; in the current era) · fa امروزه (at the present time; in the current era) · ro în ziua de astăzi (at the present time; in the current era) · ca avui dia (at the present time; in the current era) · hu mostanában (at the present time; in the current era) · de heutzutage (at the present time; in the current era) · gl hoxe en día (at the present time; in the current era) · cmn 現在 /现在 (at the present time; in the current era) · pt agora (at the present time; in the current era) · el στις μέρες μας (at the present time; in the current era) · fy hjoeddeis (at the present time; in the current era) · el επί των ημερών μας (at the present time; in the current era) · syl ꠀꠁꠎꠇꠣꠁꠟ (at the present time; in the current era) · es ogaño (at the present time; in the current era) · pl współcześnie (at the present time; in the current era) · nv dííshjį́ (at the present time; in the current era) · ko 요즘 (at the present time; in the current era) · my ယခုအချိန်တွင် (at the present time; in the current era) · hu napjainkban (at the present time; in the current era) · pl teraz (at the present time; in the current era) · ja 現在 (at the present time; in the current era) · ka ამჟამად (at the present time; in the current era) · ca avui en dia (at the present time; in the current era) · sk dnes (at the present time; in the current era) · es hogaño (at the present time; in the current era) · ro în ziua de azi (at the present time; in the current era) · es hoy en día (at the present time; in the current era) · nl heden (at the present time; in the current era) · eo hodiaŭe (at the present time; in the current era) · sw siku hizi (at the present time; in the current era) · ja 現代では (at the present time; in the current era) · hu manapság (at the present time; in the current era)