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NOW
nowadays, now, today
(adverb) 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”
immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot
(adverb) 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!”
now
(adverb) used to preface a command or reproof or request; “now hear this!”; “now pay attention”
now, at present
(adverb) 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”
now
(adverb) 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”
now
(adverb) in the immediate past; “told me just now”
now
(adverb) (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; “Now the next problem is...”
now
(noun) the momentary present; “Now is a good time to do it”; “it worked up to right now”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
now (not comparable)
Present; current.
(informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
(archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.
Adverb
now (not comparable)
At the present time.
(sentence) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
At the time reached within a narration.
In the context of urgency.
(obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
Conjunction
now
Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
Interjection
now!
Indicates a signal to begin.
Noun
now (usually uncountable, plural nows)
(uncountable) The present time.
(often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
Synonyms: here and now, Thesaurus:the present
(countable, chiefly, in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
Etymology 2
Verb
now
Misspelling of know.
Anagrams
• NWO, own, won
Proper noun
NOW
(US) Acronym of National Organization for Women.
Anagrams
• NWO, own, won
Source: Wiktionary
Now, adv. Etym: [OE. nou, nu, AS. nu, nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., nu, Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. nu, nu. *193. Cf. New.]
1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. Arbuthnot.
2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. Waller.
3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. Matt. xiv. 24.
4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. John xviii. 40. 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. 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.
Now, a.
Definition: Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now happiness." Glanvill.
Now, n.
Definition: The present time or moment; the present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. Cowley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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