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now

  [nou]
Use now in a Sentence
–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.

National Organization for Women

 
–noun
a women's rights organization founded in 1966. Abbreviation: NOW
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now   (nou)   
adv.  

  1. At the present time: goods now on sale; the now aging dictator.

  2. At once; immediately: Stop now.

  3. In the immediate past; very recently: left the room just now.

  4. At this point in the series of events; then: The ship was now listing to port.

  5. At times; sometimes: now hot, now cold.

  6. Nowadays.

  7. 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.  

  1. Of the present time; current: our now governor.

  2. 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.
NOW  
abbr.  National Organization for Women
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

National Organization for Women (NOW)

A major feminist organization, founded in the middle 1960s, when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to enforce a clause in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender. One of its founders was Betty Friedan. NOW has worked to promote occupational opportunities for women and has supported legislative proposals that would guarantee women equality with men.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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" first recorded 1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

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. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
NOW
National Organization for Women
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