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now

The correct spelling is now.

How to pronounce now

/naʊ/
noun

IPA: /naʊ/

Say it like: Now

The correct spelling is now. The present time. For example: "Now is the right time."

Usage Examples

Now is the right time.

She is living in the now.

I think this band's sound is very now.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The present time.
  2. 2.(often with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
  3. 3.(chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

adjective

  1. 1.Present; current.
  2. 2.Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
  3. 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.

adverb

  1. 1.At the present time.
  2. 2.(sentence) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
  3. 3.Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
  4. 4.Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
  5. 5.At the time reached within a narration.

conjunction

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

interjection

  1. 1.Indicates a signal to begin.

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