so, inasmuch as; since
immediately; at this moment, at this time; in these days; in the present conditions; in the moments just preceding
present time, present moment
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Now Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The present time or moment; the present.
The present time or moment; the present.
(adv.)
Very lately; not long ago.
Very lately; not long ago.
(adv.)
In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
(adv.)
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
(adv.)
At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
(a.)
Existing at the present time; present.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutExisting at the present time; present.
now
\now\ (?), adv. [oe. nou, nu, as. nū, nu; akin to d., os., & ohg. nu, g. nu, nun, icel., nū, dan., sw., & goth. nu, l. nunc, gr. &?;, &?;, skr. nu, nū. ?193. cf. new.]
1. at the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, i will write now. i have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
2. very lately; not long ago. they that but now, for honor and for plate, made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
3. at a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. the ship was now in the midst of the sea. xiv. 24.
4. in present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. how shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? then cried they all again, saying, not this man, but barabbas. now, barabbas was a robber. xviii. 40. the other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander.
now
and again, now and then; occasionally.
now
and now, again and again; repeatedly. [obs.]
now
and then, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. "a mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood."
now
now, at this very instant; precisely now. [obs.] "why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." webster (1607).
now
now , alternately; at one time at another time. "now high, now low, now master up, now miss."
now
\now\, a. existing at the present time; present. [r.] "our now happiness."
now
\now\, n. the present time or moment; the present. nothing is there to come, and nothing past; but an eternal now does ever last. owley.
now
n : the momentary present; "now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now" adv
1. at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" [syn: at present]
2. in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- nancy mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, today]
3. in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "president kennedy now calls in the national guard"; "washington now decides to cross the delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
4. (prefatory or transitional) "now the next problem is..."
5. used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
6. without delay; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, right away, at once, forthwith, in real time]
7. in the immediate past; "told me just now"
now
network of workstations (cluster)
Origin
Used to be used in elocution teaching to demonstrate rounded vowel sounds.
Used to be used in elocution teaching to demonstrate rounded vowel sounds.
Origin
From Shakespeare's Richard III.
From Shakespeare's Richard III.
Meaning
That's all for now - see you later.
Origin
From the XXX at the end of early telegraph messages. Made popular by Shirley Temple - used little now.
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.That's all for now - see you later.
Origin
From the XXX at the end of early telegraph messages. Made popular by Shirley Temple - used little now.
Awr = n. an hour. Yn awr, now
Awrhon = ad. at present, now
Bellach = ad. at length; now
Cynau = ad. ere, now; a while ago, lately
Einawr = ad. now, at present
Gweithian = adv. now
Gweithon = adv. at present, now
Orig = n. a little while; adv. now, at present
Weithian = adv. now, at length
Wel = conj. so, well; now
Yna = adv. there, in that place; then; there now, lo!
Noun
1. the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
(hypernym) present, nowadays
Adverb
1. at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"
(synonym) at present
2. in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television"
(synonym) nowadays, today
3. in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
4. (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."
5. used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
6. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
(synonym) immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, right away, at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot
7. in the immediate past; "told me just now"
Now Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
MAI Systems Corporation
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Designs, sells, installs and supports information management solutions featuring complex wide and local area networks, primarily for hospitality and gaming industries, and mid-size manufacturers and distributors.
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Designs, sells, installs and supports information management solutions featuring complex wide and local area networks, primarily for hospitality and gaming industries, and mid-size manufacturers and distributors.
Now Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Text File (e.g., README.NOW)
Network Of Workstations
Now Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Now / Traveler (1992) is an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach. It contains his first two albums Now (1982) and Traveler (1983) on one disc.
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Now usually refers to the present time.
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Now That's What I Call Music! (1983–present) (often shortened to Now!) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Polygram (as Universal)/EMI/Sony Music/Virgin Records (The Big Four record labels); spinoff series were later introduced in South Africa (1984) and many other countries worldwide, including the United States in 1998. Since its launch in 1983, the series has amassed over 100 million album sales worldwide.
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Now Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
i, i'
adv. DaH
n. leS
Now Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Now A fundamental concept of the theosophical philosophy is the Eternal Now. The past lingers in the memory and the future is ever vanishing from the present into the past: only Now eternally exists. In the case of man, at any given moment he is the result of what he has fashioned himself to be out of all preceding moments; his future will therefore be the working out of his previous thoughts and actions, and one by one these disappear into what to us is the past, and yet is always present. These philosophical reflections apply universally.
"The three periods -- the Present, the Past, and the Future -- are in the esoteric philosophy a compound time; for the three are a composite number only in relation to the phenomenal plane, but in the realm of noumena have no abstract validity" (SD 1:43).
"Time is only an illusion produced by the succession of our states of consciousness as we travel through eternal duration, and it does not exist where no consciousness exists in which the illusion can be produced; but 'lies asleep.' The present is only a mathematical line which divides that part of eternal duration which we call the future, from that part which we call the past. Nothing on earth has real duration, for nothing remains without change -- or the same -- for the billionth part of a second; and the sensation we have of the actuality of the division of 'time' known as the present, comes from the blurring of that momentary glimpse, or succession of glimpses, of things that our senses give us, as those things pass from the region of ideals which we call the future, to the region of memories that we name the past" (SD 1:37).
"The three periods -- the Present, the Past, and the Future -- are in the esoteric philosophy a compound time; for the three are a composite number only in relation to the phenomenal plane, but in the realm of noumena have no abstract validity" (SD 1:43).
"Time is only an illusion produced by the succession of our states of consciousness as we travel through eternal duration, and it does not exist where no consciousness exists in which the illusion can be produced; but 'lies asleep.' The present is only a mathematical line which divides that part of eternal duration which we call the future, from that part which we call the past. Nothing on earth has real duration, for nothing remains without change -- or the same -- for the billionth part of a second; and the sensation we have of the actuality of the division of 'time' known as the present, comes from the blurring of that momentary glimpse, or succession of glimpses, of things that our senses give us, as those things pass from the region of ideals which we call the future, to the region of memories that we name the past" (SD 1:37).
Now Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The upturned right-angle hands drop down rather sharply. The 'Y' 
hands may also be used.
