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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
now/naʊ/
▶adverb
  • 1 at the present time.

    ■ at or from this precise moment.

    ■ under the present circumstances.

  • 2 used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to something.
  • 3 used in a request, instruction, or question.
▶conjunction as a consequence of the fact. ▶adjective informal fashionable.
– phrases
now and again (or then) from time to time.
now or never used to convey urgency.
– derivatives
nowness noun.
– origin OE nū, of Gmc origin.



'NOW' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- already now -
... he would be trying to help now.
..., now referred to as the Juvenilia. This early fiction was preserved by her family.
...but BOY, can she climb a tree now
''Is there anything good out now.''
'almost forgot [event]' vs '[event] is now fading from our memory'
'how soon is now?'
'Now I go' or 'now I am going'
(the men) have now gone a Dutch record 23 games unbeaten
<As, Now that, Since> scientist collected more fossils ...
"...by now"
""There has been no access as of now
"as of now", "as for now"
"But cease now in peace"
"even as of now"
"If not now then when..."
"In what state of mind is he now?" or "what
"It's time now to make way for Lisa Vogt's" ?
"Just Now": with perfect and simple past.
"just" to mean "right now"?
"My hupper lip got infected and now it's inflated "
"now that" vs. "now"
"now" used in the past
"Progressing will be easier now that the language barrier is vanished."
"she-lover" - is that word in use now?
"There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had."
"This thing but now"
"Where are you NOW?"
A: Are you leaving now? - B:Yes, I (am going to/will) buy ..
All I can do now is say/saying I am sorry
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