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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. interj. Used as an admonition to seize the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future.
  2. n. Such an admonition.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Enjoy the present day; take advantage of, or make the most of, the present: a maxim of the Epicureans.

Wiktionary

  1. seize the day, make the most of today, enjoy the present

Etymologies

  1. Latin : carpe, seize + diem, day.

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  • hernesheir There you go, a Latin phrase for "carp of the day" for ordering fish from a foreign restaurant. Jan 7, 2009

  • sarra Carpa diei? (possible nominative of carpa, which is given in OED as "late Latin" for carp; genitive of dies) Jan 7, 2009

  • hernesheir Will someone please do the Latin declinations required for this phrase that would result in the meaning "carp of the day", for those of us who might visit linguistically challenged oriental and other ethnic restaurants and want to order from their specials menu? Jan 7, 2009

  • sionnach gripe of the day. Mar 16, 2008

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