now (naʊ
)
Definitions
adverb
- at or for the present time or moment
- at this exact moment; immediately
- in these times; nowadays
- given the present circumstances ⇒
now we'll have to stay to the end
- (preceded by just) very recently ⇒
he left just now
- (often preceded by just) very soon ⇒
he is leaving just now
- See now and again
- See for now
- See now now!
- See now then
conjunction
- (subordinating) often foll by that seeing that; since it has become the case that ⇒
now you're in charge, things will be better
sentence connector
- used as a transitional particle or hesitation word ⇒
now, I can't really say
- used for emphasis ⇒
now listen to this
- used at the end of a command, esp in dismissal ⇒
run along, now
- used as a transitional particle or hesitation word ⇒
noun
- the present moment or time ⇒
now is the time to go
adjective
- informal of the moment; fashionable ⇒
the now look is street fashion
Word Origin
Old English nū; compare Old Saxon nū, German nun, Latin nunc, Greek nuTranslations
- British English:
now
You use now to talk about the present time.I must go now.naʊ ADVERB I must go now.
- Spanish:
ahora
adv
- French:
maintenant
adv
- German:
jetzt
adv
- Chinese: 现在 adv
- Arabic: الآن adv
- Portuguese: agora adv
- Russian: сейчас adv
- Croatian: sada adv
- Czech: nyní adv
- Danish: nu adv
- Dutch: nu adv
- Finnish: nyt adv
- Greek: τώρα adv
- Italian: ora adv
- Japanese: 今 adv
- Korean: 지금 adv
- Norwegian: nå adv
- Polish: teraz adv
- Brazilian Portuguese: agora adv
- European Spanish:
ahora
adv
- Swedish: nu adv
- Thai: เดี๋ยวนี้ adv
- Turkish: şimdi adv
- Vietnamese: bây giờ adv
Usage examples
The sun had fallen a little lower in the sky and the body now cast a shadow over the opposite wall and the bed.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)The results are illuminating: in first place, the clear winner is the cascade at Chatsworth, now exactly three centuries old.
Country Life (2004)Gardaí are now attempting to discover where the criminals were dumping this waste.
Irish Times (2002)I was saying to my nephew, who lives down in England,'Surely this quarry thing has ground to a halt by now '.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Even now , his infamy lives on; the play Sawney Bean played to packed houses at the Edinburgh Festival.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)