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nowadays - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nowadays' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nowadays [ adv.]
- In these days; at the present time.

Meaning of 'nowadays' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nowadays [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
Example in sentence:
  • he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow;
  • that is enough for the present
2 . nowadays [ r]
Meaning (2):
- in these times
Example in sentence:
  • it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished;
  • today almost every home has television;
  • we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets