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   now

   /nou/

   adverb

   • 1. at the present time or moment: "where are you living now?" Similar at the momentat presentjust nowright nowat the present timeat the present momentat this timeat this moment in timecurrentlyhere and nowpresentlyinformal:at the minutenowadaystodaythese daysin this day and agein the present climatethings being what they arein the present circumstancesrare:contemporarily
   • ▪ at the time directly following the present moment; immediately: "if we leave now we can be home by ten" Similar at oncestraight awayright awayright nowthis minutethis instantimmediatelyinstantlydirectlywithout further/more adopromptlywithout delayas soon as possibletout de suiteinformal:prontostraight offASAPtoot sweetarchaic:straightwayinstanter
   • ▪ under the present circumstances; as a result of something that has recently happened: "it is now clear that we should not pursue this policy"
   • ▪ on this further occasion, typically as the latest in a series of annoying situations or events: "what do you want now?"
   • ▪ used to emphasize a particular length of time: "they've been married four years now"
   • ▪ (in a narrative or account of past events) at the time spoken of or referred to: "she was nineteen now, and she was alone"
   • 2. used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to a particular statement or point in a narrative: "now, my first impulse was to run away"
   • 3. used in or as a request, instruction, or question, typically to give a slight emphasis to one's words: "we can hardly send her back, now can we?"
   • ▪ used when pausing or considering one's next words: "let me see now, oh yes, I remember"
   • 4. used at the end of an ironic question echoing a previous statement: "“Mom says for you to give me some of your stamps.” “Does she now?”"

   conjunction

   • 1. as a consequence of the fact: "they spent a lot of time together now that he had retired"

   adjective

   • 1. fashionable or up to date: informal "seventies disco dancing—very now"

   Word Origin Old Englishnū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nu, German nun, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nunc and Greek nun.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nowness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

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   • English (US)

     NOW meaning: 1. at the present time, not in the past or...

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   Think of now as being the immediate present, the moment you are currently in. It’s part of the elusive concept of time, and each now, as it passes, becomes "then" even as it is replaced by a new now.

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