now

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   (not comparable)Present; current.

   […] to my now wife Mabell, my child Elisabeth, & my child now begotten, &c., and they to be joint Exõrs, & if all die, then the same jointly to my brother William Every & my sisters Sarah Skibbowe & Joan Brice.

2. 2.

   (informal, not comparable)Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.

   I think this band's sound is very now.

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   (not comparable)At the present time.

   Now I am six.

   Stop that now, Jimmy!

   I could have been Secretary of State now if I hadn’t left politics five years ago.

   We can’t phone now – they will certainly have gone to bed.

2. 2.

   (not comparable)(sentential) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.

   Now, we all want what is best for our children.

   Now, Jimmy, stop that.

3. 3.

   (not comparable)Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.

   Now I am ready.

   We all now want the latest toys for our children.

   We all want what is now best for our children.

4. 4.

   (not comparable)At the time reached within a narration.

   Now he remembered why he had come.

   He now asked her whether she had made pudding.

   The pudding was now ready to be served.

5. 5.

   (not comparable)Used to indicate a context of urgency.

   Now listen, we must do something about this.

6. 6.

   (informal, not comparable)At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.

   I always used to do my shopping now, to avoid the rush.

7. 7.

   (not comparable, obsolete)(obsolete, as but now) Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.

8. 8.

   (not comparable)(usually emphasized) Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before.

   Now, you want to protect me. An hour ago, you were mercilessly bullying me!

9. 9.

   (not comparable)Sometimes; occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states.

   His face fit his roles: now smiling, now earnest, now glowering, now raging.

noo

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   (often)(often with that) Since, because, in light of the fact.

   Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.

   Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.

   We can play football now that the rain has stopped.

   Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.

   Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting.

now!noo

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   Indicates a signal to begin.

   Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!

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   (uncountable, usually)The present time.

   Now is the right time.

   There is no better time than now.

2. 2.

   (often, uncountable, usually)(often with the) The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.

   She is living in the now.

   Đồng nghĩa: here and now, as-is, here and now, present, now

3. 3.

   (countable, usually)(countable, chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

1. 1.

   (alt of, misspelling)Misspelling of know.

   I don't now.