now
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/naʊ/]
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1. now (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Present; current.
Example: […] 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. now (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
Example: I think this band's sound is very now.
3. now (adv) — sense 3
Definition: At the present time.
Example: Now I am six.
4. now (adv) — sense 4
Definition: Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Example: Now, we all want what is best for our children.
5. now (adv) — sense 5
Definition: Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Example: Now I am ready.
6. now (conj) — sense 6
Definition: Since, because, in light of the fact.
Example: Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.
7. now (intj) — sense 7
Definition: Indicates a signal to begin.
Example: Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
8. now (noun) — sense 8
Definition: The present time.
Example: Now is the right time.
9. now (noun) — sense 9
Definition: The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
Example: She is living in the now.
10. now (noun) — sense 10
Definition: A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
Example: Forever is composed of Nows— / 'T is not a different time, / Except for infiniteness / And latitude of home.
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