"now" Definition

Definitions for the word "now" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. adv.
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. adv.
Very lately; not long ago.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. adv.
At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. adv.
In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Existing at the present time; present.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The present time or moment; the present.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adv.
1 at the present or mentioned time. 2 immediately (i must go now). 3 by this time. 4 under the present circumstances (i cannot now agree). 5 on this further occasion (what do you want now?). 6 in the immediate past (just now). 7 (esp. In a narrative) then, next (the police now arrived). 8 (without reference to time, giving various tones to a sentence) surely, i insist, i wonder, etc. (now what do you mean by that?; oh come now!). conj. (often foll. By that) as a consequence of the fact (now that i am older). n. This time; the present. for now until a later time (goodbye for now). Now and again (or then) from time to time; intermittently. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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