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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From now + adays.
Pronunciation
Adverb
nowadays (not comparable)
- At the present time; in the current era.
Cars nowadays are more efficient.
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 152, column 2: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.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Cowardize, the Mother of Crueltie”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC, page 399:What is it that now adayes makes all our quarrells mortall?
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 Millar , →OCLC, § 4, page 4:The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.
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: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.
2012 June 11, Dick Vinegar, The Guardian:My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs.
Synonyms
Translations
at the present time
- Assamese: আজিকালি (azikali)
- Basque: gaur egun (eu)
- Bulgarian: сега (bg) (sega), понастоящем (bg) (ponastojaštem)
- Burmese: ယခုအချိန်တွင် (ya.hku.a.hkyintwang)
- Catalan: actualment (ca), avui dia
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 現在/现在 (zh) (xiànzài)
- Danish: nu om stunder (da)
- Dutch: heden (nl), momenteel (nl), nu (nl)
- Finnish: nykyisin (fi), nykyään (fi)
- French: actuellement (fr), de nos jours (fr), aujourd’hui (fr), présentement (fr) (Canada)
- Galician: hoxe en día (gl), actualmente
- Georgian: დღესდღეობით (dɣesdɣeobit), ამჟამად (amžamad)
- German: gegenwärtig (de), zur Zeit (de), derzeitig (de), jetzt (de), zurzeit (de), momentan (de)
- Hindi: आज कल (āj kal)
- Hungarian: mostanában (hu), manapság (hu), napjainkban (hu)
- Indonesian: sekarang ini, saat ini
- Italian: oggidì (it), oggigiorno (it)
- Japanese: 現在 (ja) (げんざい, genzai)
- Korean: 요즘 (ko) (yojeum)
- Marathi: आजकाल (ājkāl)
- Navajo: dííshjį́
- Persian: امروزه (fa) (emruze)
- Polish: teraz (pl), obecnie (pl)
- Portuguese: hoje em dia (pt), atualmente (pt), hoje (pt), agora (pt)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਅੱਜਕੱਲ (ajjakalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (pa) (ajja kalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (ajja kallh)
- Shahmukhi: اَجّ کَلّ (ajj kall)
- Russian: в на́ше вре́мя (v náše vrémja), тепе́рь (ru) (tepérʹ), в на́ши дни (v náši dni), сего́дня (ru) (sevódnja) (read: sevódnja)
- Sanskrit: अद्य (sa) (adya)
- Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-diugh
- Slovak: dnes (sk)
- Spanish: actualmente (es), ahora (es)
- Swedish: numera (sv), nu för tiden (sv), numer (sv)
- Ukrainian: тепе́р (uk) (tepér), ни́ні (nýni)
- Urdu: آج کل (ur) (āj kal)
- Vietnamese: ngày nay (vi), đời nay, dạo này, hiện nay (vi)
- West Frisian: hjoed de dei, hjoeddeis
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in the current era
- Bulgarian: в наши дни (v naši dni)
- Catalan: avui dia, avui en dia
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 現今/现今 (zh) (xiànjīn), 現在/现在 (zh) (xiànzài), 當今/当今 (zh) (dāngjīn)
- Danish: nu til dags (da), nu om stunder (da)
- Dutch: heden ten dage (nl), tegenwoordig (nl), (please verify) vandaag de dag, (please verify) dezer dagen
- Esperanto: hodiaŭe
- Finnish: nykyisin (fi), nykyään (fi), nykyaikana
- French: de nos jours (fr)
- Galician: hoxe en día (gl), actualmente
- German: heutzutage (de), heute (de)
- Alemannic German: hütigs Tags
- Hebrew: כיום (kayóm)
- Hindi: आज कल (āj kal)
- Hungarian: manapság (hu), napjainkban (hu)
- Indonesian: sekarang (id), saat ini, pada masa kini
- Italian: oggidì (it), oggigiorno (it)
- Japanese: 現在 (ja) (げんざい, genzai), 現代では (gendai de wa), 現代においては (gendai ni oite wa)
- Luxembourgish: hautdesdaags
- Marathi: आजकाल (ājkāl)
- Old English: on þissum dagum
- Persian: امروزه (fa) (emruze)
- Polish: współcześnie (pl)
- Portuguese: hoje em dia (pt), atualmente (pt), hoje (pt), agora (pt)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਅੱਜਕੱਲ (ajjakalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (pa) (ajja kalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (ajja kallh)
- Shahmukhi: اَجّ کَلّ (ajj kall)
- Romanian: în ziua de azi, în ziua de astăzi
- Russian: в на́ши дни (v náši dni), в на́ше вре́мя (v náše vrémja), тепе́рь (ru) (tepérʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-diugh
- Slovak: dnes (sk)
- Slovene: dándánes
- Spanish: hoy en día, hoy día (es), hogaño (es)
- Swahili: siku hizi
- Swedish: nu för tiden (sv)
- Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠎ-ꠇꠣꠁꠟ (aiz-xail), ꠀꠁꠎꠇꠣꠁꠟ (aizoxail)
- Urdu: آج کل (ur) (āj kal)
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