now
Meaning
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- Present; current.
- (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
- 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.
Synonyms
at this time
present time
at this moment
at once
present moment
current time
this moment
well then
𐑌𐐵
at the present time
in these days
like a shot
straight off
this occasion
on this occasion
the present
even now
present day
by this time
another time
start with
and so
and then
in this case
right then
very soon
well now
at this late hour
at the present moment
now-adays
here are
hereby
here is
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bomb away
modern era
modern times
next time
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/naʊ/
Etymology
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”).
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