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WIKTIONARY
now
Adjective
  • Present; 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. archaic, law
  • Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. informal
Adverb
  • At the present time.
  • Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke. sentence
  • Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
  • Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
  • At the time reached within a narration.
  • In the context of urgency.
  • Very recently; not long ago. obsolete
Conjunction
  • since something is true : because of the fact that something happened
  • since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
Interjection
  • Indicates a signal to begin.
Noun
  • The present time. uncountable
    • The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. often with "the"
    • A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. countable, chiefly in phenomenology
Verb
  • Misspelling of know.
NOW
Acronym
  • National Organization for Women