now

now
adverb
1》 at the present time.
    ↘at or from this precise moment.
    ↘under the present circumstances.
2》 used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to something.
3》 used in a request, instruction, or question.
conjunction as a consequence of the fact.
adjective informal fashionable.
Phrases
now and again (or then) from time to time.
now or never used to convey urgency.
Derivatives
nowness noun
Origin
OE nū, of Gmc origin.

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