| Definitions | noun
- the here and now, the immediate present
- 1980, Alexandre Kojeve, Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the Phemenology of Spirit
- :The , represented by a point on this line, is determined, fixed, and defined by the past which, through it, determines the future as well.
adjective
- happening here and now, occurring in the immediate present
- 1995, w:Andrew Sihler, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
- :Alice IS WRITING a letter, The tenor IS STRANGLING the soprano, Leigh IS TAKING a shower are examples of genuine hic-et-nunc events.
adverb
- here and now, in the immediate present
- 1995, w:Andrew Sihler, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
- :Such sentences explicitly state that something both has taken place and will take place; they are silent about what Bruce and Wayne are doing hic-et-nunc.
Etymology: From Latin "hicLatin, hic etLatin, et nuncLatin, nunc", "here and now".
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