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now (English)

Etymology

From - now|lang=enm, - lang=enm, - lang=enm, from - en - nū|now, at present, at this time, immediately, very recently|lang=ang, from - nū|now|lang=en, from - nū|now|lang=en. Cognate with - -

Norska -

, - - |now|lang=nl and - |now, well|lang=nl, - - lang=de, - |now|lang=de, - - |now|lang=sv, - - lang=is, - |now|lang=is, - - |yet, still|lang=nl, - - |yet, still|lang=de, - - - |even now, whether|lang=la, - - - |now|lang=la.

Pronunciation

- /naU/

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- Audio (UK)

Rhymes: aʊ

Adjective

-

present|Present; current.

* 1855, Conrad Swackhamer, The United States democratic review, Volume 5‎,

*: The history of the infant colonies teaches us that the country comprised within the limits of the now United States of America was originally patented in the reign of James I., of England, into two portions: that in less than eighty years from that period, the same was again divided into twelve distinct provinces; a thirteenth being after added in the creation of the State of Georgia.

* 1908, The English reports,

*: Where in assumpsit for money lent, the defendant pleaded that in an action in which the now defendant was plaintiff, and the now plaintiff was defendant, ...

* 2010 March 17, The Telegraph, news website, Radio 4 apologises for day old shipping forecast,

*: Radio 4's continuity announcer said at the end of the show: "As many of you will have noticed, that edition of The Now Show wasn't very now. It was actually last week's programme. Our apologies for that."

fashionable|Fashionable; popular.

I think this band's sound is very now.

See also

happening

Adverb

-

At the present time.

Now I am six.

- Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.

Now, we all want what is best for our children.

Now, stop that Jimmy!

differently|Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.

Now I am ready.

We all now want iPods for our children.

We all want what is now best for our children.

Differently from the situation before a (stated or implied) event or change of circumstance.

Now my whole life is different.

Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.

At the time reached within a narration.

Now, he remembered why he had come.

He now asked her whether she had made pudding.

The pudding was now ready to be served.

In the context of urgency.

Now listen, we must do something about this.

Derived terms

nowadays

now_and_then

right_now

now,_now

Translations

at the present time

Arabiska - الآن

: Egyptian Arabic - دلوقتي|tr=dilwa'ti|sc=Arab|xs=Egyptian Arabic

Basque - orain

Vitryska - зараз

, цяпер

Bengali - এখন|tr=êkhôn|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali

Bulgariska - сега

Katalanska - ara

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 現在|sc=Hani, - 现在|tr=xiànzài|sc=Hani, - 如今|tr=rújīn|sc=Hani

Tjeckiska - teď

, nyní

Danska - nu

Holländska - nu

, nou

Esperanto - nun

Estniska - nüüd

Faroese - nú

Finska - nyt

Franska - maintenant

: Old_French - or, - ore

Galiciska - agora

Georgian - ახლა|tr=akhla|sc=Geor

Tyska - jetzt

, nun

Grekiska - τώρα

Hebrew - עכשיו|tr=akhsháv

Hindiska - अब

Ungerska - most

Isländska - nú

Italienska - adesso

, ora

Japanska - 今

Koreanska - 지금

, 이제

Ladino:

: Latin - agora, - aora

Latin - nunc, - iam

Lettiska - tagad

Laz - ჰაწი

Lojban - caku

Makedonska - сега

Mongolian - одоо|sc=Cyrl

Nahuatl - axkan

Navajo - kʼad

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - nå

: Nynorsk - no, - nå

Ojibwe - azhigwa, - aazhay

Old English - nu|alt=nū

Persiska - اکنون

, الان, حالا

Polska - teraz

Portugisiska - agora

Rumänska - acum

Ryska - сейчас

, теперь, ныне

Scottish Gaelic - a-nis

Serbo-Croatian:

: Cyrillic - сада

: Roman - sada

Sinhalese - දැන්|tr=daen|sc=Sinh

Slovakiska - teraz

, hneď

Slovenska - zdaj

Spanska - ahora

Svenska - nu

Thailändska - ตอนนี้

Turkiska - şimdi

Udmurt - али|tr=ali

Ukrainska - тепер

, нині

Urdu - اب|tr=ab|sc=ur-Arab, - اکنون|tr=aknūn|sc=ur-Arab

Vietnamesiska - bây giờ

Volapük - nu

Walesiska - nawr

, rŵan

Jiddisch - יעצט

sq

: atëherë

et

: praegu

hu

: most

io

: nun

id

: sekarang

ia

: ora

it

: allora

- colloquial, bueno, entonces

tr

: şimdi

Conjunction

since, because, in light of the fact.

''We can play football now that the rain has stopped.

Translations

since, because

Arabic - فـ- (fa-)

Katalanska - ara

Danska - nu

Holländska - nu

Finska - nyt

Tyska - nun

Grekiska - τώρα που

(tóra pou)

Norska - nå som

Portuguese: agora que, já que

Ryska - раз уж

Spanska - ahora

Filippinska - ngayon

Interjection

!

Indicates a signal to begin.

''Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!

Translations

signal to begin

Katalanska - ara

, ja

Dutch: nu!

Galiciska - agora

, xa

Tyska - jetzt

, los

Italienska - ora

Portugisiska - agora

, já

Ryska - пора

Spanska - ahora

, ya

Noun

-|s

The present time.

Now is the right time.

There is no better time than now.

#

with "the"

The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.

#: She is living in the now.

# - in|_|phenomenology A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

#* {{quote-book|##*|1982|Albert Hofstadter|The Basic Problems of Phenomenology|by=Martin Heidegger|pageurl=

|passage=Time is not thrust together and summed up out of nows, but the reverse: with reference to the now we can articulate the stretching out of time always only in specific ways.}}

Synonyms

not paying attention to the future or past

here_and_now

Translations

the present time

Katalanska - ara

Danska - nu

Holländska - heden

, nu

Tyska - Jetzt

Ungerska - most

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - nå|n, - nu|n

: Nynorsk - no|n, - nå|n

Portugisiska - agora

Spanska - ahora

Svenska - nu

Filippinska - ngayon

Statistics

- like|little|77|now|then|A|should

Anagrams

own

won

zh-min-nan:now scn:now simple:now

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