Meaning of seize the day | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To enjoy the present and not worry about the future; to live for the moment.
   idiomatic
2. To make the most of today by achieving fulfillment in a philosophical or spiritual sense.
   idiomatic
3. To attack the day's efforts with vigor and purpose.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“IN toasting the beginning of a new relationship between China and the United States in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing twenty years ago, I quoted from a poem in which Mao Zedong exhorted his followers to work⟳ for the victory of communism: "So many deeds cry⟳ out to be done always urgently. The world rolls on. Time passes. Seize the day. Seize the hour." Today, as we celebrate⟳ the defeat⟳ of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the defeat⟳ of aggression in the Persian Gulf, many deeds remain⟳ to be done abroad and at home. We must seize the moment to win⟳ victory for peace and freedom in the world.”

CEFR level