nowadays
part of speech
adverb (nowadays)
meaning for a pupil
At the present time, compared with the past. tree →
sense 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 →
- Long ago people wrote letters; nowadays they send messages. tree →
- Children nowadays learn coding at school. tree →
- Nowadays we can watch films on a tablet. tree →
- "Kids nowadays!" Grandad grumbled with a smile. tree →
- Nowadays the castle is a museum. tree →
- Nowadays fewer children walk to school. tree →
- Tell me what goes on nowadays; are the ladies as fond of amusement as ever? tree →
note
One word, no space: "nowadays" (not "now a days"). Similar: "these days", "today". Usually at the start or end of the sentence.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nowadays» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.