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  1. adverb At the present time: goods now on sale; the now aging dictator.
  2. adverb At once; immediately: Stop now.
  3. adverb In the immediate past; very recently: left the room just now.
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  • As this now is a case of hundreds of users and I am still an Apple fan, what is the reaction of Apple - do they want to support a sound customer base with an workable solution or people to switch to Sony .... —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • Buried in a Denver Post article regarding the team's decision to give Cutler his Oompa Loompa now is a report ... —  BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs
  • Census Bureau report that Nevada now is the eighth fastest-growing state in the union. —  Lahontan Valley News - Top Stories
  • China now is the world's leading exporter of manufactured goods.
  • I argue that the most serious problem that stands in the way of religious equality in Ethiopia now is the absence of democracy and rule of law.
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English nū; see nu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English now, nou, nu, from Anglo-Saxon nū = Old Saxon OFries. nu = Dutch nu = Middle Low German nu = Old High German Middle High German nu, nū, German nu = Icelandic nu = Swedish Danish nu = Gothic (Moesogothic) nu = Greek νύ = Sanskrit nu, nū, now; also, with adverbial addition, Middle High German nuon, German nun = Old Bulgarian nyne = Latin nunc for *nunce (from nun + -ce, demonstrative suffix) = Greek νῦν, now. Cf. new.
  2. from now, adv.
 

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