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adverb

at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.

without farther filibuster; immediately; at once: Either do it now or non at all.

at this fourth dimension or juncture in some menstruum under consideration or in some grade of proceedings described: The example was now prepare for the jury.

at the time or moment immediately by: I saw him just now on the street.

in these nowadays times; nowadays: Now you lot rarely see horse-drawn carriages.

nether the present or existing circumstances; as matters stand: I meet at present what you meant.

(used to innovate a statement or question): Now, you lot don't really mean that.

(used to strengthen a control, entreaty, or the like): Now stop that!

conjunction

inasmuch as; since: At present you're here, why not stay for dinner?

substantive

the nowadays fourth dimension or moment: Upward to now no ane has volunteered.

adjective

up-to-the-minute; encompassing the latest ideas, fads, or fashions: the now look; the now generation.

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Idioms most now

now and once more, occasionally. Also now and then.

now that, inasmuch as; since: Now that she is rich and famous, she is constantly being besieged past appeals for aid.

Origin of now

First recorded before 900; 1965–70 for def. eleven; Middle English; Old English language nū, cognate with Old Norse, Gothic nū; akin to German nun, Latin num, Sanskrit nu, Greek nú, nûn

OTHER WORDS FROM now

nowness, noun

Words nearby now

Novoshakhtinsk, Novosibirsk, Novotný, Novum Organum, novus ordo seclorum, now, Now account, nowadays, now and again, noway, nowel

Other definitions for at present (ii of two)

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Words related to now

today, direct, forthwith, immediately, instantly, nowadays, straightaway, any more, at once, away, first off, here and now, in nothing flat, instanter, just now, momentarily, on the double, promptly, pronto, correct away

How to apply now in a judgement

• I had to stretch to work some of those clues in, like the Erie reference in the NOW clue and the Pinkie Pie reference in the SIS inkling, just I did my best to make most of those clues audio natural.

• Submission is set in a French republic seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.

• His discourse is now more detailed: submission, which is the meaning of islam in Standard arabic, gives him a kind of enjoyment.

• He looks like a man who should have had kids, but now never volition.

• And at present, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and have it like a prisoner!"

• I wonder what that lady is doing at present, and if she knows what she prepare in motion with Archer?

• This is the beginning and principal point at which we tin can stanch the wastage of education energy that now goes on.

• Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

• Now get-go we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the female parent natural language well.

• Not a word at present," cried Longcluse harshly, extending his hand quickly towards him; "I may do that which tin can't be undone.

• Every give-and-take that now fell from the agitated Empress was lotion to the abashed nerves of her daughter.

British Dictionary definitions for now

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adverb

at or for the present fourth dimension or moment

at this exact moment; immediately

in these times; nowadays

given the nowadays circumstances now we'll take to stay to the end

(preceded by just) very recently he left but now

(often preceded by just) very soon he is leaving merely at present

now and again, at present and then, every at present and again or every at present and then occasionally; on and off

for at present for the time being

now at present! (interjection) an exclamation used to rebuke or pacify someone

at present then

1. (sentence connector) used to preface an important remark, the next step in an argument, etc
2. (interjection) an expression of mild reproof now then, don't tease!

conjunction

(subordinating often foll past that) seeing that; since it has become the example that now you lot're in charge, things will be better

sentence connector

1. used as a transitional particle or hesitation give-and-take at present, I can't really say
2. used for emphasis now heed to this
3. used at the end of a control, esp in dismissal run along, now

substantive

the nowadays moment or time now is the fourth dimension to become

adjective

informal of the moment; stylish the now look is street fashion

Word Origin for now

Old English nū; compare One-time Saxon nū, German nun, Latin nunc, Greek nu

Collins English Dictionary - Consummate & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with now

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In add-on to the idioms beginning with now

• now and once again
• now or never, it'south
• now that
• now you lot're talking

also meet:

• whatever mean solar day (now)
• every now and then
• hither and now
• just now

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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