NOW
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now¹
- /naʊ/ US, Ireland, UK
- /nuː/ Northumbria
- /næʊ/
- /nɛʊ/
Sounds like nao · Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?").
Cognates
Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish and Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”); also Gaulish nu (“now”), Latin num (“now”), Greek νυν (nyn, “currently, now”), Albanian ni, tani (“now”), Bulgarian ни́не (níne, “currently, now”), Czech nyní (“now”), Old Polish ninie (“now”), Russian но́не (nóne), ны́не (nýne, “now, today”), Ukrainian ни́ні (nýni, “nowadays; today”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “currently, now”), Baluchi نون (nún, “now”), Persian اکنون (aknun / aknūn), کنون (konun), نون (nun / nūn, “now”), Northern Kurdish ana, anaka, anêka, aniha, anika, naga, naha, naka, niha, niho, nika, noke, ئانا (ana), نکا (nka, “now”), Ossetian ныр (nyr, “now”), Hittite 𒆠𒉡𒌦 (ki-nu-un, “now”), Luwian 𒈾𒀀𒉡𒌦 (nānun, “now”), Tocharian A nuṃ (“again, once more”), Tocharian B nano (“again, once more”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).
adjective noo
- Present; current. […] to my now wife Mabell, my child Elisabeth, & my child now begotten, &c., and they to be joint Exõrs, & if all die, then the same jointly to my brother William Every & my sisters Sarah Skibbowe & Joan Brice.
- Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. I think this band's sound is very now.
adverb noo
- At the present time. Now I am six.
- Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. Now, we all want what is best for our children.
- Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. Now I am ready.
- At the time reached within a narration. Now he remembered why he had come.
- Used to indicate a context of urgency. Now listen, we must do something about this.
- At the present point of a recurring cycle or event. I always used to do my shopping now, to avoid the rush.
- Very recently; not long ago; up to the present. They that but now, for honour and for plate, / Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
- Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. Now, you want to protect me. An hour ago, you were mercilessly bullying me!
- Sometimes; occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states. His face fit his roles: now smiling, now earnest, now glowering, now raging.
conjunction noo
- Since, because, in light of the fact. Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.
interjection now! · noo
- Indicates a signal to begin. Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
noun nows · noo
- The present time. Now is the right time.
- The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. She is living in the now.
- A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. Forever is composed of Nows— / 'T is not a different time, / Except for infiniteness / And latitude of home.
now²
- /naʊ/ US, Ireland, UK
- /nuː/ Northumbria
- /næʊ/
- /nɛʊ/
Sounds like nao · Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
See know.
verb
- Misspelling of know.know I don't now.
NOW³
proper noun
- Acronym of National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization.National Organization for Women
noun NOWs
- Acronym of negotiable order of withdrawal (“an instrument similar to a check”).negotiable order of withdrawal
