now
now is a 3-letter English word with 14 senses as adverb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adverb. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
- adverb. Very lately; not long ago.
- adverb. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
- adverb. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
- adjective. Existing at the present time; present.
- noun. The present time or moment; the present.
- noun. the momentary present
"Now is a good time to do it"
"it worked up to right now"
- adverb. in these times- Nancy Mitford
"it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"
"we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"
- adverb. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
"he answered immediately"
"found an answer straightaway"
- adverb. used to preface a command or reproof or request
"now hear this!"
"now pay attention"
- adverb. at the present moment
"goods now on sale"
"the now-aging dictator"
- adverb. 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"
- adverb. in the immediate past
"told me just now"
- adverb. (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity
"Now the next problem is..."
Synonyms
nowadays, today, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, straightaway
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