English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- now
- [naυ]
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- 1. at or for the present time or moment
- 2. at this exact moment; immediately
- 3.
in these times; nowadays
- 4. given the present circumstances
- 5. very recently
- 6. very soon
- 7. seeing that; since it has become the case that
- 8. used as a transitional particle or hesitation word
- 9. used for emphasis
- 10. used at the end of a command, esp in dismissal
- 11. the present moment or time
- 12. of the moment; fashionable
- 13. Old English n u ; compare Old Saxon n u , German nun, Latin nunc, Greek nu
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Examples (1-5 of 73)
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I'll do it now-now!
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we must work all the faster now
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it isn't any worse now
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we now have an arm's-length relationship
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that type of phone has been around for some years now
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