now

Meaning of now

noun
  1. The present time.
    Now is the right time.
  2. (often with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
    She is living in the now.
  3. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
adjective
  1. Present; current.
  2. Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
    I think this band's sound is very now.
  3. At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.
    Now wife.
adverb
  1. At the present time.
    Now I am six.
  2. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
    Now stop that, Jimmy!
  3. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
    Now I am ready.
  4. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
    Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.
  5. At the time reached within a narration.
    He now asked her whether she had made pudding.
  6. In the context of urgency.
    Now listen, we must do something about this.
  7. As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
conjunction
  1. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
    Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting.
interjection
  1. Indicates a signal to begin.
    Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!

Information about now

  • The plural form of now is: nows.
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Hyphenation of now

now

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • now is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

now synonyms

Meaning nowadays:

nowadays, today

Meaning immediately:

immediately, instantly, straightaway, directly, forthwith

Translation of now

Anagrams of now

own, Won, won

Words that rhyme with now

anow, Iwanow, enow, Klenow, menow, erenow, gnow, minow, know, aknow, Lucknow, acknow, lucknow, beknow, foreknow, preknow, reknow, throughknow, unknow, interknow, overknow, disknow, misknow, lennow, minnow, mudminnow, topminnow, winnow, Aronow, Tarnow, Chernow, Snow, snow, besnow, ensnow, unsnow, oversnow, ladysnow, Datnow, Bunow

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