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Now Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Now? [n] the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now" [adv] 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" [adv] without delay; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [adv] used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention" [adv] 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" [adv] 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" [adv] in the immediate past; "told me just now" [adv] (prefatory or transitional) "Now the next problem is..." 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[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. ?, ?, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. {New}.] 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. [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. \Now\, a. Existing at the present time; present. [R.] ``Our now happiness.'' --Glanvill. \Now\, n. The present time or moment; the present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. --Cowley.

Now Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Now?

[n] the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
[adv] 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"
[adv] without delay; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
[adv] used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
[adv] 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"
[adv] 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"
[adv] in the immediate past; "told me just now"
[adv] (prefatory or transitional) "Now the next problem is..."

See Also | nowadays | present

Now In Webster's Dictionary

\Now\, 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. ?, ?, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. {New}.]
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. [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.


\Now\, a.
Existing at the present time; present. [R.] ``Our now
happiness.'' --Glanvill.


\Now\, n.
The present time or moment; the present.

      Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an
      eternal now does ever last.              --Cowley.

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