now

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Present; current.

   • Defects seem as necessary to our now happiness as their Opposites.
   • 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,[…].
   • 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."

2. 2.Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.(informal)

   • I think this band's sound is very now.

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.At the present time.

   • We can’t phone now – they will certainly have gone to bed.
   • I could have been Secretary of State now if I hadn’t left politics five years ago.

2. 2.Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.

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

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

   • We all want what is now best for our children.
   • We all now want the latest toys for our children.
   • Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

4. 4.At the time reached within a narration.

   • Now he remembered why he had come.
   • The pudding was now ready to be served.
   • He now asked her whether she had made pudding.

Conj

Conjunction

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A word that links words, phrases, or clauses.

1. 1.Since, because, in light of the fact.

   • Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
   • Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting.
   • We can play football now that the rain has stopped.

Intj

Interjection

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A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

1. 1.Indicates a signal to begin.

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

Overall

Very common· #72

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Very common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Word family

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