- the period of time that is happening now

- any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
"that is enough for the present"
"he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

- in these times
"it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford
"we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"
"today almost every home has television"

1. In these days; at the present time.

"What men of spirit, nowadays, Come to give sober judgment of new plays ?" -- Garrick.