Think of now as being the immediate present, the moment you are currently in. It’s part of the elusive concept of time, and each now, as it passes, becomes "then" even as it is replaced by a new now.
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly;
Noun
the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
Adverb
in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television"
Adverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
Adverb
used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
Adverb
at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"
Adverb
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
Adverb
in the immediate past; "told me just now"
Adverb
(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."
adv.
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
adv.
Very lately; not long ago.
adv.
At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
adv.
In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an
explanation.
a.
Existing at the present time; present.
n.
The present time or moment; the present.
Now
I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.2.
They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.3.
The ship was now in the midst of the sea.4.
How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ?
Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ?
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber.
The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander.
Now
Now
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last.
Nowadays
What men of spirit, nowadays, Come to give sober judgment of new plays ?
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly;
Existing at the present time; present.
The present time or moment; the present.
Usage Examples
A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.
A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to be able to do beauty ads, to be on covers. And the girls now can no longer be on covers and be in the ads because your actresses have taken over all the jobs. I don't know what happened, but we want our jobs back.
A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.
A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate. But it is clearly much more than this, and we have now to regard it from another side.
A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.
A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'
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Other Usage ExamplesA little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and they're there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity.
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It's always something you're thinking about unconsciously.
A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now.
A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
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