Complete Definition of "now"

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rank|only|like|little|77|now|then|A|should

Etymology
OE. nū.

Pronunciation
IPA|/n��/, SAMPA|/naU/
audio|en-us-now.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|a�

Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. Indicates this very moment in time.

#:What are you doing now?

  1. A way of introducing a sentence, especially with a new topic.

#:Now, I must admit that this has not been verified by any "official" archaeologists.

Derived terms
now and then
right now
now, now

Translations
trans-top|indicates this very moment in time
Albanian: t-|sq|tani|xsAlbanian, t-|sq|tash|xsAlbanian
Arabic: Arab|ا�آ� (al-��n, al-��na), Arab|د���ت� (dilwáqti) (colloquial)
Armenian: Õ°Õ«Õ´Õ¡ (hima)
Basque: orain
Bosnian: t-|bs|sad
Breton: bremañ
Catalan: ara
Chinese: ��, �� (xiànzài)
Croatian: t+|hr|sad
Czech: t-|cs|te�
Danish: t+|da|nu
Dutch: t+|nl|nu
Esperanto: t-|eo|nun|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|nyt
French: t+|fr|maintenant
German: t+|de|jetzt, t+|de|nun
Greek: t+|el|���α|sc=Grek
Guaraní: ko'ág�a
Hebrew: he-translation|ע�ש��|akhsháv, he-translation|�עת|ka`ét, he-translation|עת�|attá
Hindi: �ब (ab)
Hungarian: t+|hu|most
Icelandic: t+|is|nú, t+|is|núna
Indonesian: saat ini
Interlingua: nunc
Italian: t+|it|adesso, t+|it|ora
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Japanese: �� (����, genzai)
Korean: �� (jigeum)
Kuna: emiskua
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ�ستا, KUchar|���� کات��
Latin: t+|la|nunc
Navajo: k'ad
Norwegian: t-|no|nå
Occitan: ara
Old English: t-|ang|nu|altnū|xsOld English
Polish: t+|pl|obecnie, t+|pl|teraz
Portuguese: t+|pt|agora, t+|pt|já
Romanian: t+|ro|acum
Russian: �ей�а� (sej�ás), �епе�� (tepér�)
Scots: noo#Scots|noo
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|zdaj
Spanish: t+|es|ahora, t+|es|ya
Swedish: t+|sv|nu
Thai: Thai|��ี�ยว�ี� (dĭeow née)
Tupinambá: ko'yr
Urdu: URchar|اب (ab)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|bây gi�|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|a way of introducing a sentence
Albanian: t+|sq|atëherë|xs=Albanian
Armenian: այժմ (ayžm)
German: t+|de|nun
Hebrew: he-translation|ע�ש��|akhsháv
Icelandic: t+|is|nú, t+|is|núna
Italian: t+|it|allora
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|agora
Russian: t-|ru|а �ей�а�|tra sej�ás|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|entonces
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Dutch: nu
ttbc|Estonian: praegu
ttbc|Ido: nun
ttbc|Indonesian: sekarang
ttbc|Interlingua: ora
ttbc|Irish: anois
ttbc|Japanese: � (��, ima)
ttbc|Spanish: ahorita (colloquial), bueno
ttbc|Telugu: �ప�ప�డ�

Conjunction
now

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

#: ''We can play football now the rain has stopped.

Translations
trans-top|since, because
Greek: t|el|���α �ο�|sc=Grek (tóra pou)
Portuguese: agora que, já que
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Interjection
now!

  1. Indicates a signal to begin.

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. The present time.

#: Now is the right time.
#: She is living in the now.

Anagrams
own
won

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English conjunctions
Category:English interjections
Category:Time

ar:now
dv:now
et:now
el:now
fa:now
fr:now
ko:now
io:now
it:now
kk:now
ku:now
hu:now
ja:now
pl:now
pt:now
scn:now
simple:now
fi:now
ta:now
te:now
vi:now
tr:now
uk:now
zh:now

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