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- Dictionarynow/naʊ/
adverb
- 1. at the present time or moment: "where are you living now?" Similar
- 2. used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to a particular statement or point in a narrative: "now, my first impulse was to run away"
conjunction
- 1. as a consequence of the fact: "they spent a lot of time together now that he had retired"
adjective
- 1. fashionable or up to date: informal "see more of what's now during our autumn catwalk show"
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1. a. : at the present time or moment. Now is the time for action. b. : in the time immediately before the present. thought of them just now. c. : in the time immediately to follow : forthwith. come in now. 2. used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to express command, request, or admonition. now hear this. now you be sure to write. 3.
NOW definition: 1. at the present time, not in the past or future: 2. immediately: 3. used to express how long…. Learn more.
You use now or now that to indicate that an event has occurred and as a result something else may or will happen. Now you're settled, why don't you take up some serious study? Now that she was retired she lived with her sister.
Now definition: at the present time or moment. See examples of NOW used in a sentence.
Think of now as being the immediate present, the moment you are currently in. It’s part of the elusive concept of time, and each now, as it passes, becomes "then" even as it is replaced by a new now.
1. At the present time: goods now on sale; the now aging dictator. 2. At once; immediately: Stop now. 3. In the immediate past; very recently: left the room just now. 4. At this point in the series of events; then: The ship was now listing to port. 5. At times; sometimes: now hot, now cold. 6. Nowadays. 7.
Definition of NOW in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
now adverb (LENGTH OF TIME) B2. used to show the length of time that something has been happening, from the time it began until the present: I've lived in Canada for two years now.
1. adverb. You use now to refer to the present time, often in contrast to a time in the past or the future. She's a widow now. But we are now a much more fragmented society. 2. adverb [ADV after v] If you do something now, you do it immediately. I'm sorry, but I must go now. 3. conjunction.
(used to introduce a statement or question): Now, you don't really mean that. (used to strengthen a command, entreaty, or the like): Now stop that! Idioms now and again, occasionally. Also, now and then. Idioms now that, inasmuch as; since: Now that she is rich and famous, she is constantly being besieged by appeals for aid. conj. inasmuch as;
