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adverb
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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.
EXPANDin these present times; nowadays: Now you rarely see horse-drawn carriages.
conjunction
9.
inasmuch as; since: Now you're here, why not stay for dinner?
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noun
10.
the present time or moment: Up to now no one has volunteered.
adjective
Idioms11.
up-to-the-minute; encompassing the latest ideas, fads, or fashions: the now look; the now generation.
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:
before 900; 1965–70 for def. 11; Middle English; Old English nū, cognate with Old Norse, Gothic nū; akin to German nun, Latin num, Sanskrit nu, Greek nú, nûn
before 900; 1965–70 for def. 11; Middle English; Old English nū, cognate with Old Norse, Gothic nū; akin to German nun, Latin num, Sanskrit nu, Greek nú, nûn
Related forms
now·ness, noun
Can be confused: currently, immediately, momentarily, now, presently, soon (see synonym note at immediately; see usage note at presently).
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Word Origin & History
now
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"
EXPANDfirst recorded 1967.
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