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English

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Etymology

nū.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nɑʊ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-now.ogg
  • :


Adverb

  1. Indicates this very moment in time.
  2. : What are you doing now?
  3. A way of introducing a sentence, especially with a new topic.
  4. : Now, I must admit that this has not been verified by any "official" archaeologists.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t+|sq|atëherë|xs=Albanian}}
  • Armenian: այժմ (ayžm)
  • Dutch: ,
  • German:
  • Hebrew:
  • Icelandic: ,
  • Italian:
  • Portuguese:
  • Russian: {{t-|ru|а сейчас|tr=a sejčás|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:


Conjunction

now

  1. since, because, in light of the fact.
  2. : ''We can play football now the rain has stopped.


Translations

  • Greek: {{t|el|τώρα που|sc=Grek}} (tóra pou)

Interjection

now!

  1. Indicates a signal to begin.


Noun

  1. The present time.
  2. : Now is the right time.
  3. : She is living in the now.


Anagrams


Category:100 English basic words Category:English conjunctions Category:English interjections Category:Time

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D.,
OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth.
nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf.
New.]
[1913 Webster]
1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
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I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who
discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. Very lately; not long ago.
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They that but now, for honor and for plate,
Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
--Waller.
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3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
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The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt.
xiv. 24.
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4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an
inference or an explanation.
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How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite
and a man of honor? --L'Estrange.
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Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is? --Shak.
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Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii.
40.
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The other great and undoing mischief which befalls
men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by
calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others
in the way of slander. --South.
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Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely;
occasionally; not often; at intervals. "A mead here, there
a heath, and now and then a wood." --Drayton.

Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] "Why,
even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the
turning down of this." --J. Webster (1607).

Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another
time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss."
--Pope.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Now \Now\, a.
Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now
happiness." --Glanvill.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Now \Now\, n.
The present time or moment; the present.
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past;
But an eternal now does ever last. --Cowley.
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WordNet now
n : the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it
worked up to right now"
adv 1: at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging
dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at
present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any
time now" [syn: at present]
2: 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" [syn: nowadays,
today]
3: in the historical present; at this point in the narration of
a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in
the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the
Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
4: (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or
activity; "Now the next problem is..."
5: used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear
this!"; "now pay attention"
6: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he
answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an
official accused of dishonesty should be suspended
forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly,
straightaway, straight off, directly, right away,
at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot]
7: in the immediate past; "told me just now"
Moby Dictionary
a la mode , advanced , all at once , all together , as , as long as ,
as of now , as things are , at a blow , at a stroke , at once ,
at one blow , at one jump , at one stroke , at one swoop , at one time ,
at present , at this juncture , at this moment , at this point ,
at this time , avant-garde , away , but now , cause , considering ,
contemporaneity , contemporaneousness , contemporary , directly ,
even now , far out , fashionable , for , for the nonce ,
for this occasion , forthwith , forward-looking , here , here and now ,
hereat , hic et nunc , historical present , immediately , in ,
in a hurry , in our time , in these days , inasmuch as , instanter ,
instantly , just now , lately , latterly , mod , modern , modernistic ,
modernity , modernized , modish , newfashioned , newness , not long ago ,
nowadays , nowness , of late , on the spot , only yesterday , our times ,
per saltum , present , present tense , present-day , present-time ,
presently , presentness , progressive , pronto , recently , right away ,
right now , right off , seeing , simultaneously , since , straightaway ,
straightway , streamlined , subito , the Now Generation , the nonce ,
the now , the other day , the present , the present age ,
the present day , the present hour , the present juncture ,
the present time , the time being , the times , then and there ,
these days , this day , this hour , this instant , this minute ,
this moment , this night , this point , this stage , this very minute ,
today , tonight , twentieth-century , ultra-ultra , ultramodern ,
uno saltu , up-to-date , up-to-datish , up-to-the-minute , way out ,
whereas , without delay


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