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

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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

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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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