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- 1 Present; current. not-comparable
"[…] to my now wife Mabell, my child Elisabeth, & my child now begotten, &c., and they to be joint Exõrs, & if all die, then the same jointly to my brother William Every & my sisters Sarah Skibbowe & Joan Brice.}}"
- 2 Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. informal, not-comparable
"I think this band's sound is very now."
- 1 At the present time. not-comparable
"Now I am six."
- 2 Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. not-comparable
"Now, we all want what is best for our children."
- 3 Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. not-comparable
"Now I am ready."
- 4 At the time reached within a narration. not-comparable
"Now he remembered why he had come."
- 5 Used to indicate a context of urgency. not-comparable
"Now listen, we must do something about this."
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- 6 At the present point of a recurring cycle or event. informal, not-comparable
"I always used to do my shopping now, to avoid the rush."
- 7 Very recently; not long ago; up to the present. not-comparable, obsolete
"They that but now, for honour and for plate, / Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate."
- 8 Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. not-comparable
"Now, you want to protect me. An hour ago, you were mercilessly bullying me!"
- 9 Sometimes; occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states. not-comparable
"His face fit his roles: now smiling, now earnest, now glowering, now raging."
- 1 in these times wordnet
- 2 without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening wordnet
- 3 used to preface a command or reproof or request wordnet
- 4 at the present moment wordnet
- 5 in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events wordnet
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- 6 in the immediate past wordnet
- 7 (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity wordnet
- 1 Since, because, in light of the fact. often
"Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet."
- 1 Indicates a signal to begin.
"Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!"
- 1 Acronym of National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 1 The present time. uncountable, usually
"Now is the right time."
- 2 Acronym of negotiable order of withdrawal (“an instrument similar to a check”). US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 the momentary present wordnet
- 4 The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. often, uncountable, usually
"She is living in the now."
- 5 A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. countable, usually
"Forever is composed of Nows— / 'T is not a different time, / Except for infiniteness / And latitude of home."
- 1 Misspelling of know. alt-of, misspelling
"I don't now."
Etymology
From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?"). Cognates Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).
From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?"). Cognates Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).
From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?"). Cognates Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).
From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?"). Cognates Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).
From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?"). Cognates Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).
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