Nowadays

Definition: Nowadays

Nowadays

Adverb

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".

Noun

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nowadays" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Nowadays \Now"a*days`\, adverb. [For now on (OE. an) days. See A-,]. (references)

Synonyms: Nowadays

The Present Time

Noun: the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour.

At this time of day, today, nowadays; already; even now, but now, just now; on the present occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice.; on the nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day, to the present day.

Crosswords: Nowadays

You're not gonna lose the house, everybody has three mortgages nowadays. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

Yeah! I mean Hercules is a very popular name nowadays. (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson)

It's amazing what they can do with plastic nowadays. (Vengeance Unlimited; writing credit: Andrew Davies; William Makepeace Thackeray)

I have to say, the way I'm feeling, nowadays, would have to be: intense (Me, Myself and I; writing credit: Corey Haim)

I understand some of the players have rather strange nicknames, rather silly pet names the players have nowadays. (The Kids in the Hall; writing credit: Dave Foley; Bruce McCulloch)

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores (I am ... I said; performing artist: Neil Diamond)

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Books

• Eesti rahvastik taani hindamisraamatust tänapäevani = Estonian population from Liber Census Daniae up to nowadays (reference)

• How It is Nowadays (reference)

• Nowadays, and other stories (reference)

• Trouble With Nowadays (reference)

• We Grow Up Fast Nowadays (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Kids Nowadays Ain't Got No Shame [IMPORT] (reference)

• Nowadays (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Production. Submarine chasers. Another harrier of the U-boats nears completion at an Eastern boatyard. Many 173-foot steel subchasers like this are sliding off the ways nowadays. Marine Construction, Stamford, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Men spiking logs to go to ramp into sawmill. It was working only halftime and was even slower in winter. "It's kinder hard them times. Concrete and steel's taking the place of lumber nowadays. Erwin, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

West Danville, Vermont. Mr. Hasings in his general store, figuring up, says, "You can't carry on a business, especially nowadays, without a lot of book work. But whether it is for income tax or making up price lists for cost of living comodities, it is al. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Nowadays, they are serious

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Many still do so, but the appeal of Russia and Eastern Europe as study destinations nowadays generally lies in the availability of scholarships under bilateral agreements. (references)

Security marking is a measure, which is now, generally, a customary feature on new cars. Sophisticated, audible alarm systems have become standard, nowadays, on most models. (references)

Nowadays there is an increasing demand/need for airport infrastructure projects to control the effects that sound contamination levels may have over surrounding populations as well the effects that departure/landing routes may have over bird migrating routes. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

Traditionally choosing French as a foreign language, many young -- Moldovans nowadays prefer to study English. (references)

Brazil

Nowadays, Brazilian consumers no longer consider cosmetics and toiletries superfluous or unnecessary products. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

në këto kohë, në ditët tona (today), koha e sotme. (various references)

Arabic 

‏في هذه الأيام (these days), ‏في عصرنا, ‏في الوقت الحاضر (for the time being). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сега (actually, at present, now, presently, these days, today, yet), нашето време, понастоящем (actually, at present, currently, for the time being, presently). (various references)

Chinese 

现今, 現在 (at present, current, modern, now, present), 現今 (modern, now), 當今 (current, now, present), 如今 . (various references)

Czech

nyní (at present, now, this time), v nynìjší dobì, dnes (this day, today). (various references)

Danish

nu til dags (currently, these days), nu for tiden (currently, these days). (various references)

Dutch

tegenwoordig (at present, current, currently, now, present, present-day, these days, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Esperanto

nuntempe (currently, these days). (various references)

Farsi 

این روزها, امروزه . (various references)

Finnish

nyttemmin (now), nykyaikana (at the present time, in these days), nykyään (at present, currently, these days), tätä nykyä. (various references)

French

actuellement (now). (various references)

German

heutzutage (now, these days). (various references)

Greek 

στην εποχή μασ, στον καιρό μασ, επί των ημέρων μασ, αυτές τις ημέρες. (various references)

Hebrew 

עתה בימינו, כיום (at present, currently, presently), בימינו (these days, today). (various references)

Hungarian

mostanában (currently, lately, latterly, of late, one of these days, recently, these days), manapság (in our days, in these days, these days). (various references)

Indonesian

pada saat ini. (various references)

Italian

oggigiorno (currently, these, these days). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

近頃 (lately, recently), 現在 (current, modern times, present, up to now), 現代 (modern times, present-day), 時下 , 最近　 (latest, most recent), 最近 (latest, most recent), 方今 (now, present time), 此の頃 (these days), 昨今 (recently), 当節 (these days), 当今 (at present, these days), 当世 (present-day), 今日日 , 今どき (present time), 今では (now). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょうび, さっこん (recently), さいきん (bacillus, bacterium, germ, latest, most recent, reappointment, slight flaw), ほうこん (now, present time), いまどき (at this hour, present day, present time, recently, these days, today), いまでは (now), このごろ (recently, these days), げんざい (civil engineering chord member, current, modern times, original sin, present, up to now), げんだい (modern times, original title, present-day), じか (a fire raging in one's own home, current value, magnetize, market value, own, personal, price), とうせつ (these days), とうせい (ceramics, control, eastern expedition, head voice, present-day, rattan, regulation, strength of a party, upward trend), とうこん (at present, fighting spirit, pockmark, sword scar, these days), ちかごろ (lately, recently). (various references)

Korean 

현재에는. (various references)

Malay

sekarang (currently, these days), dewasa ini (currently, these days). (various references)

Manx

'sy traa t'ayn, jiu (of you, today). (various references)

Papiamen

awor (at present, currently, now, these days), awendía (currently, these days). (various references)

Pig Latin

owadaysnay.(various references)

Portuguese

hoje em dia (latterly, now). (various references)

Romanian

astãzi (now, today), în zilele noastre (in these latter days, latterly, now), în vremea noastrã. (various references)

Russian 

в настоящее время (at present, now), в наше время, настоящее время (here and now, present, present tense). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u današnje vreme (nowaday), danas (today), današnjica (present: the present, today). (various references)

Spanish

hoy día (currently, now, these days, today), ahora (at present, currently, heave up, now, presently, these days), al presente (currently, now, these days). (various references)

Swahili

siku hizi (currently, these days). (various references)

Swedish

nu för tiden (nowdays, today). (various references)

Thai

ทุกวันนี้. (various references)

Turkish

günümüzde (at the present time), günümüz (present day, today), bugünlerde (in these days), bu sıralar, bu günlerde (in this days, latterly, recently), şimdiki zaman (nonce, present, present tense). (various references)

Ukrainian

сучасність (contemporaneity, here and now, modernity, today), у наші дні (today), у наш час, теперішній час (now, present), тепер (currently, now, presently), нині (actually, now), за наших часів. (various references)

Vietnamese 

ngày nay (latter-day, present-day), thời buổi tân tiến này, thời buổi này, đời nay. (various references)

Zulu

okwamanje (currently, these days). (various references)

hodie. (various references)

Misspellings

"Nowadays" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nomadays, noraday, nowaday, Nowanda, nowdays. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: noways.

-3 letters: adown, anoas, dawns, donas, donsy, downs, downy, nadas, noway, sandy, snowy, synod, wands, woads, wynds, yawns.

-4 letters: ados, anas, ands, anoa, ansa, away, awns, awny, dawn, daws, days, dona, dons, down, dows, nada, naos, nays, nods, nosy, nows, owns, sand, sawn, snaw, snow, soda, sown, soya, swan, sway, wads, wady, wand.