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English Idioms :: now
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NOW - See: EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, HERE AND NOW, JUST NOW. |
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Traditional English :: now
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NOW - adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1 at the present or mentioned time.
2 immediately (I must go now).
3 by this or that time (it was now clear).
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 or discourse) then, next (the police now arrived; now to consider the next point).
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 + clause) as a consequence of the fact (now that I am older; now you mention it). --n. this time; the present (should be there by now; has happened before now). as of now from or at this time. for now until a later time (goodbye for now). now and again (or then) from time to time; intermittently. now or never an expression of urgency. [OE nu] |
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Related Words
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ct
think
we
re
alone
any
day
apocalypse
blink
not
both
side
michelle
branch
are
you
happy
thats
call
music
web
cam
can
see
clearly
print
enjoy
your
cd
love
perfect
change
come
time
worship
its
all
coming
back
me
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Most Often Usage
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ct now
i think we re alone now
any day now
apocalypse now
blink 182 not now
both side now
michelle branch are you happy now
now thats what i call music
now thats what i call music 16
web cam now
i can see clearly now
you can print now enjoy your day
cd now
now 16 cd
i love you you re perfect now change
come now is the time to worship
its all coming back to me now
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