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Definition of Now

1. Adverb. In the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events. "The ship is now listing to port"

2. Noun. The momentary present. "It worked up to right now"

3. Adverb. In these times. "Today almost every home has television"

4. Adverb. Used to preface a command or reproof or request. "Now pay attention"

5. Adverb. At the present moment. "It could happen any time now"

6. Adverb. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. "Come here now!"

7. Adverb. (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity. "Now the next problem is..."

8. Adverb. In the immediate past. "Told me just now"

Definition of Now

1. adv. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.

2. a. Existing at the present time; present.

3. n. The present time or moment; the present.

Definition of Now

1. Acronym. National Organization for Women ¹

2. Adjective. Present; current. ¹

3. Adjective. (informal) Fashionable; popular. ¹

4. Adverb. At the present time. ¹

5. Adverb. (context: sentence) (non-gloss definition Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.) ¹

6. Adverb. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. ¹

7. Adverb. Differently from the situation before a (stated or implied) event or change of circumstance. ¹

8. Adverb. At the time reached within a narration. ¹

9. Adverb. In the context of urgency. ¹

10. Conjunction. since, because, in light of the fact. ¹

11. Interjection. Indicates a signal to begin. ¹

12. Noun. The present time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Now

1. the present time [n -S]

Medical Definition of Now

1. 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. 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." . Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. "Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." . Now . . . Now, alternately; at one time . . . At another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." . Origin: OE. Nou, nu, AS. Nu, nu; akin to D, OS, & OHG. Nu, G. Nu, nun, Icel, nu, Dan, Sw, & Goth. Nu, L. Nunc, Gr, Skr. Nu, nu. 193. Cf. New. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Now

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