The meaning of TODAY is on or for this day. How to use today in a sentence.

TODAY definition: 1. (on) the present day: 2. used more generally to mean the present time: 3. (on) the present…. Learn more.

Today as a noun: "Today was the beginning of a new journey." Here today is a noun functioning as the subject of the sentence. The sentence is telling the reader "WHAT" today "was" (the linking verb following the noun). Today as an adverb: "The mother went to the grocery store today."

We can use nowadays, these days or today as adverbs meaning ‘at the present time, in comparison with the past’: … What’s the date today? We could go today or tomorrow. People are more worried today than ever before. Today is even hotter than yesterday! What's been the reaction from those countries today? Good of you to be with us today.

We can use today, but not nowadays or these days, with the possessive ’s construction before a noun, or with of after a noun. This use is quite formal: Today’s family structures are quite different from those of 100 years ago. The youth of today have never known what life was like without computers.