now

Betekenis

Adj

1. Present; current.
2. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
3. At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.

Adv

1. At the present time.
2. Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
3. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
4. At the time reached within a narration.
5. Used to indicate a context of urgency.
6. (informal) At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.
7. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
8. Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized).
9. Sometimes; occasionally.

Conj

Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.

Intj

Indicates a signal to begin.

Noun

1. The present time.
2. The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
3. A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

Verb

Misspelling of know.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/naʊ/

Etymologie

From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots noo (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no (“now”), Swedish and Danish nu (“now”), Icelandic nú (“now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).

Zinnen

Now what is it ?

Wat is het nu?

Go now and come here later .

Ga nu en kom hier later.

He now plays beach soccer .

Hij speelt nu strandvoetbal.

However , the cat is very rare now even in the national park .

De kat is nu echter zeer zeldzaam, zelfs in het nationale park.

And now an Amanda Derek Convention !

En nu een Amanda Derek -conventie!

Their definition is now maintained by the Market Research Society .

Hun definitie wordt nu gehandhaafd door de Market Research Society.

Three days from now , he would be with the merchant's daughter .

Drie dagen vanaf nu zou hij bij de dochter van de koopman zijn.

I asked , " Does he give lessons in deportment now ?"

Ik vroeg: "Geef hij nu lessen in deportatie?"