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Now   /naʊ/   Listen
Now

adverb
1.
In the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events.  "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware" , "The ship is now listing to port"
2.
In these times.  Synonyms: nowadays, today.  "We now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets" , "Today almost every home has television"
3.
Used to preface a command or reproof or request.  "Now pay attention"
4.
At the present moment.  Synonym: at present.  "The now-aging dictator" , "They are now abroad" , "He is busy at present writing a new novel" , "It could happen any time now"
5.
Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening.  Synonyms: at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, right away, straight off, straightaway.  "Found an answer straightaway" , "An official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith" , "Come here now!"
6.
(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity.
7.
In the immediate past.
noun
1.
The momentary present.  "It worked up to right now"



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"Now" Quotes from Famous Books



... entrance- hall, feeling sure that there, at any rate, he would be quite unmolested, and was amusing himself by making satirical remarks on the large Saroni photographs of the United States Minister and his wife, which had now taken the place of the Canterville family pictures. He was simply but neatly clad in a long shroud, spotted with churchyard mould, had tied up his jaw with a strip of yellow linen, and carried a small lantern and a sexton's spade. In fact, he was dressed for the character ...
— Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories • Oscar Wilde
... It will now be convenient to consider the question of the attitude of our critic to the 'Mystery of Edwin Drood,' that tale that has produced one of those literary mysteries that are so dear to a number of folks of the kind who ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Patrick Braybrooke
... From now on, for the truth's sake, I must needs tell somewhat of my intercourse with Mr. Rivers. It may seem I am lacking in a proper modesty if I declare that, even then, there was more than friendship betwixt us. ...
— Margaret Tudor - A Romance of Old St. Augustine • Annie T. Colcock
... impartiall are our eyes and eares, Were he my brother, nay our kingdomes heyre, As he is but my fathers brothers sonne; Now by my Scepters awe, I make a vow, Such neighbour-neerenesse to our sacred blood, Should nothing priuiledge him, nor partialize The vn-stooping firmenesse of my vpright soule. He is our subiect (Mowbray) so art thou, Free speech, and fearelesse, I to ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare
... Now, though, Lesseur was calling the chamber to order. The senators quieted quickly, and there was almost complete silence as the old man picked ...
— Victory • Lester del Rey


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