Now
[naʊ]
Definition
(noun.) the momentary present; 'Now is a good time to do it'; 'it worked up to right 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) indicates a change of subject or activity; 'Now the next problem is...'.
Edited by Colin--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
(adv.) Very lately; not long ago.
(adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
(adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
(a.) Existing at the present time; present.
(n.) The present time or moment; the present.
Typed by Jed
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. At this time, at once, at this moment, at present.
Typist: Sanford
Definition
adv. at the present time: at this time or a little before.—conj. but: after this: things being so.—n. the present time.—advs. Now′adays in days now present.—Now—now at one time—at another time.
Edited by Eileen
Examples
- Father's a sweeter singer than ever; you'd never have forgotten it, if you'd aheard him just now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your most interesting statement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They possess significance only as movements toward something away from what is now going on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You have now a--hum--a great position to support. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All Russia now is a huge experiment in that dictatorship (August, 1920). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He would have taken it before now, I believe, but for Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That inscription is now erased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Now, what do you think? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You have already done me good, and you and I are now, I hope, sworn friends. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But now he is finished. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, I am going to examine you out of my own head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Natalie