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UK
/nˈaʊ/
]
[ US /ˈnaʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈnaʊ/ ]
ADVERB
-
at the present moment
goods now on sale
it could happen any time now
they are now abroad
the now-aging dictator
he is busy at present writing a new novel -
used to preface a command or reproof or request
now pay attention
now hear this! -
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
Come here now!
he answered immediately
found an answer straightaway -
in these times
we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets
today almost every home has television
it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished -
(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity
Now the next problem is... -
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard
the ship is now listing to port
Washington now decides to cross the Delaware -
in the immediate past
told me just now
NOUN
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the momentary present
Now is a good time to do it
it worked up to right now
How To Use now In A Sentence
- I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
- What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
- Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
- Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
- They were now surrounded on all sides by a ring of excited, curious faces.
- I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
- The poor bugger has nowhere else to sleep.
- Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
