now : Idioms & Phrases

• just now. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913

• formerly, heretofore. Shak.

Webster 1913

• adverb occasionally
  every so often.
  
  • every so often she visits her father

WordNet

• at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. Colloq.

Webster 1913

Good" now"

Definitions

1. An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913

• noun at this time
  moment; present moment.
  
  • the disappointments of the here and now
  • she is studying at the moment

WordNet

• adverb only a moment ago
  just.
  
  • he has just arrived
  • the sun just now came out

WordNet

• the least possible time since; a moment ago.

Webster 1913

• alternately; at one time . . . at another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." Pope.

Webster 1913

• adverb now and then or here and there
  on occasion; once in a while; now and again; occasionally; at times; from time to time.
  
  • he was arrogant and occasionally callous
  • open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees
  • they visit New York on occasion
  • now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us
  • as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

WordNet

• now and then; occasionally.

Webster 1913

• again and again; repeatedly. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913

• adverb now and then or here and there
  on occasion; once in a while; now and again; occasionally; at times; from time to time.
  
  • he was arrogant and occasionally callous
  • open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees
  • they visit New York on occasion
  • now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us
  • as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

WordNet

• at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. "A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood." Drayton.

Webster 1913

• adverb interjection of rebuke
  

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• at this very instant; precisely now. Obs. "Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." J. Webster (1607).

Webster 1913

• adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  til now; so far; heretofore; hitherto; thus far; until now; as yet; yet.
  
  • So far he hasn't called
  • the sun isn't up yet

WordNet

• to the present time.

Webster 1913

• adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  til now; so far; heretofore; hitherto; thus far; until now; as yet; yet.
  
  • So far he hasn't called
  • the sun isn't up yet

WordNet

• adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  til now; so far; heretofore; hitherto; thus far; until now; as yet; yet.
  
  • So far he hasn't called
  • the sun isn't up yet
• adverb prior to the present time
  to date.
  
  • no suspect has been found to date

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