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now

[nou] Pronunciation Key

–adverb

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

2.	without further delay; immediately; at once: Either do it now or not at all.

3.	at this time or juncture in some period under consideration or in some course of proceedings described: The case was now ready for the jury.

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

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

6.	under the present or existing circumstances; as matters stand: I see now what you meant.

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

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

–conjunction

9.	inasmuch as; since: Now you're here, why not stay for dinner?

–noun

10.	the present time or moment: Up to now no one has volunteered.

–adjective

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

—Idioms

12.	now and again, occasionally. Also, now and then.

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

[Origin: bef. 900; 1965–70 for def. 11; ME; OE nū, c. ON, Goth nū; akin to G nun, L num, Skt nu, Gk nú, nûn

]

—Related forms

nowness, noun

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NOW

1.	National Organization for Women.

2.	Banking. negotiable order of withdrawal.

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now (nou) Pronunciation Key
adv.

At the present time: goods now on sale; the now aging dictator.
At once; immediately: Stop now.
In the immediate past; very recently: left the room just now.
At this point in the series of events; then: The ship was now listing to port.
At times; sometimes: now hot, now cold.
Nowadays.
In these circumstances; as things are: Now we won't be able to stay.
1. Used to introduce a command, reproof, or request: Now pay attention.
2. Used to indicate a change of subject or to preface a remark: Now, let's get down to work.

conj.   Seeing that; since. Often used with that: Now that spring is here, we can expect milder weather.

n.   The present time or moment: wouldn't work up to now.

adj.

Of the present time; current: our now governor.
Slang Currently fashionable; trendy: the now sound of this new rock band.

[Middle English, from Old English nū; see nu- in Indo-European roots.]

now'ness n.

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NOW
abbr. National Organization for Women

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O.E. nu, common Gmc. (cf. O.N. nu, Du. nu, O.Fris. nu, Ger. nun, Goth. nu "now"), from PIE *nu (cf. Skt., Avestan nu, O.Pers. nuram, Hittite nuwa, Gk. nu, nun, L. nunc, O.C.S. nyne, Lith. nu, O.Ir. nu-). Often merely emphatic; non-temporal usage (cf. Now, then) was in O.E. The adj. meaning "up to date" first recorded 1967.

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now
adverb
1.	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"
2.	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" [syn: nowadays]
3.	used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
4.	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"
5.	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!"
6.	(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."
7.	in the immediate past; "told me just now"
noun
1.	the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

now

In addition to the idioms beginning with now, also see any day (now); every now and then; here and now; just now.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Now

Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]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.

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Now\, a. Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now happiness." --Glanvill.

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Now\, n. The present time or moment; the present.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. --Cowley.

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NOW
National Organization for Women

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