[syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot]
6. (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity;
- Example: "Now the next problem is..."
7. in the immediate past;
- Example: "told me just now"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D.,
OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth.
nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf.
New.]
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1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
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I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who
discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. Very lately; not long ago.
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They that but now, for honor and for plate,
Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
--Waller.
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3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
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The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt.
xiv. 24.
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4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an
inference or an explanation.
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How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite
and a man of honor? --L'Estrange.
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Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is? --Shak.
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Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii.
40.
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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.
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Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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." --Drayton.
Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] "Why,
even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the
turning down of this." --J. Webster (1607).
Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another
time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss."
--Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Now \Now\, a.
Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now
happiness." --Glanvill.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Now \Now\, n.
The present time or moment; the present.
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past;
But an eternal now does ever last. --Cowley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
now
adv 1: in the historical present; at this point in the narration
of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls
in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross
the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
2: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the
upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we
now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today
almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, now,
today]
3: used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear
this!"; "now pay attention"
4: at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging
dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present
writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" [syn:
now, at present]
5: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he
answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an
official accused of dishonesty should be suspended
forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately,
instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly,
now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot]
6: (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or
activity; "Now the next problem is..."
7: in the immediate past; "told me just now"
n 1: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it
worked up to right now"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "now":
a la mode, advanced, all at once, all together, as, as long as,
as of now, as things are, at a blow, at a stroke, at once,
at one blow, at one jump, at one stroke, at one swoop, at one time,
at present, at this juncture, at this moment, at this point,
at this time, avant-garde, away, but now, cause, considering,
contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, contemporary, directly,
even now, far out, fashionable, for, for the nonce,
for this occasion, forthwith, forward-looking, here, here and now,
hereat, hic et nunc, historical present, immediately, in,
in a hurry, in our time, in these days, inasmuch as, instanter,
instantly, just now, lately, latterly, mod, modern, modernistic,
modernity, modernized, modish, newfashioned, newness, not long ago,
nowadays, nowness, of late, on the spot, only yesterday, our times,
per saltum, present, present tense, present-day, present-time,
presently, presentness, progressive, pronto, recently, right away,
right now, right off, seeing, simultaneously, since, straightaway,
straightway, streamlined, subito, the Now Generation, the nonce,
the now, the other day, the present, the present age,
the present day, the present hour, the present juncture,
the present time, the time being, the times, then and there,
these days, this day, this hour, this instant, this minute,
this moment, this night, this point, this stage, this very minute,
today, tonight, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern,
uno saltu, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, way out,
whereas, without delay
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
NOW
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