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adverb

at the present time or moment: Y'all are now using a lexicon.

without further delay; immediately; at in one case: Either exercise it at present or not at all.

at this time or juncture in some catamenia under consideration or in some course of proceedings described: The case was now set up for the jury.

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

in these present times; present: Now you rarely meet horse-drawn carriages.

under the nowadays or existing circumstances; every bit matters stand: I see now what you meant.

(used to innovate a statement or question): Now, you don't actually hateful that.

(used to strengthen a command, entreaty, or the like): At present finish that!

conjunction

inasmuch equally; since: Now yous're here, why not stay for dinner?

substantive

the nowadays time or moment: Upward to now no one has volunteered.

adjective

upwardly-to-the-minute; encompassing the latest ideas, fads, or fashions: the at present look; the now generation.

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Idioms most now

now and again, occasionally. Also now and then.

now that, inasmuch as; since: At present that she is rich and famous, she is constantly existence besieged past appeals for aid.

Origin of at present

Offset recorded earlier 900; 1965–70 for def. eleven; Middle English; Quondam English nū, cognate with Old Norse, Gothic nū; akin to High german nun, Latin num, Sanskrit nu, Greek nú, nûn

OTHER WORDS FROM now

nowness, substantive

Words nearby at present

Novoshakhtinsk, Novosibirsk, Novotný, Novum Organum, novus ordo seclorum, at present, NOW account, nowadays, at present and again, noway, nowel

Other definitions for now (2 of 2)

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Words related to at present

today, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, present, straightaway, whatever more than, at once, away, first off, here and now, in nothing flat, instanter, just now, momentarily, on the double, promptly, pronto, correct abroad

How to use now in a sentence

• I had to stretch to work some of those clues in, like the Erie reference in the NOW clue and the Pinkie Pie reference in the SIS inkling, but I did my best to brand almost of those clues audio natural.

• Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.

• His discourse is now more detailed: submission, which is the meaning of islam in Arabic, gives him a kind of enjoyment.

• He looks like a human who should have had kids, only now never will.

• And now, similarly, old Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"

• I wonder what that lady is doing at present, and if she kat presents what she set in motion with Archer?

• This is the outset and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of instruction energy that now goes on.

• Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at whatever one time.

• Now first we shall desire our pupil to empathize, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

• Not a give-and-take at present," cried Longcluse harshly, extending his paw apace towards him; "I may exercise that which can't exist undone.

• Every discussion that now savage from the agitated Empress was balm to the affrighted nerves of her girl.

British Dictionary definitions for now

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adverb

at or for the present time or moment

at this verbal moment; immediately

in these times; nowadays

given the nowadays circumstances now we'll have to stay to the terminate

(preceded by just) very recently he left just now

(frequently preceded by just) very soon he is leaving only at present

now and once more, now and then, every now and again or every now then occasionally; on and off

for now for the time being

now now! (interjection) an exclamation used to rebuke or pacify someone

now then

1. (sentence connector) used to preface an important remark, the next step in an statement, etc
2. (interjection) an expression of mild reproof now and then, don't tease!

conjunction

(subordinating often foll by that) seeing that; since information technology has become the example that at present y'all're in accuse, things will be better

judgement connector

1. used every bit a transitional particle or hesitation word now, I tin can't really say
2. used for accent now mind to this
3. used at the stop of a command, esp in dismissal run along, now

noun

the nowadays moment or time now is the time to go

describing word

breezy of the moment; stylish the now look is street fashion

Word Origin for at present

One-time English nū; compare Old Saxon nū, German language nun, Latin nunc, Greek nu

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with now

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In add-on to the idioms beginning with now

• now and again
• now or never, it'southward
• now that
• now you lot're talking

likewise see:

• any day (now)
• every now and and then
• here and now
• simply now

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 past Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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