now
IPA: nˈaʊ
noun
- (uncountable) The present time.
- (often with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
- (countable, chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
- (US) Acronym of National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization.
verb
- Misspelling of know. [(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that; to correctly believe with justified confidence via reliable methods.]
adjective
- Present; current.
- (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
- (archaic, law) 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.
adverb
- At the present time.
- (sentential) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
- Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
- At the time reached within a narration.
- Used to indicate a context of urgency.
- (informal) At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.
- (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
- Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized).
- Sometimes; occasionally.
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