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# nowadays

adverb (nowadays)

«nowadays» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

At the present time, compared with the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in history lessons and everyday talk to compare then and now: "In Victorian times children worked in factories; nowadays they go to school." It tells the reader a comparison with the past is being made.

### Examples

- Nowadays most people have a mobile phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x1)
- Long ago people wrote letters; nowadays they send messages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x2)
- Children nowadays learn coding at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x3)
- Nowadays we can watch films on a tablet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x4)
- "Kids nowadays!" Grandad grumbled with a smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x5)
- Nowadays the castle is a museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x6)
- Nowadays fewer children walk to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x7)
- Tell me what goes on nowadays; are the ladies as fond of amusement as ever? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/#x8)

### Note

One word, no space: "nowadays" (not "now a days"). Similar: "these days", "today". Usually at the start or end of the sentence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nowadays» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nowadays/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nowadays» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nowadays.html) on Mova free.