now
now
naƊ
naw
/naƊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "now"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇

at this moment or time
now definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Keep it quiet, the children are sleeping now.
āϚ⧁āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇

in the current era
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Working from home is now a common practice for many employees.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύāĨ¤
1.2

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇

at this point in the narration of past events
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She enters the room and now sees her long-lost friend standing there.
āϏ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
1.3

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāχāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ

used to refer to the latest in a series of annoying events
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Now, the car wo n’t start after everything else that ’s gone wrong today.
āĻāĻ–āύ, āφāϜ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
1.4

āĻāĻ–āύ, āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇

used to emphasize the passage of time or the duration of an event or situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ’ve been waiting for you now for over an hour!
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻ–āύ !
02

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇

immediately, without any delay
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Call the doctor now; it ’s an emergency.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āĻĄāĻžāϕ⧋; āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
03

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇

in light of the present situation or conditions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It is now clear that the proposal requires significant changes.
āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
04

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇

used to signal a shift in conversation or activity, introducing a new direction or focus
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We turn our attention to the financial report now.
āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ.
05

āĻāĻ–āύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇

used to pause or signal hesitation, often when considering something before responding or acting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Should we proceed with the plan, now, or reconsider it?
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻ–āύ, āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ?
06

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇

used to highlight a question, request, command, or instruction with urgency
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Now, listen carefully to the instructions before proceeding.
āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύ⧁āύāĨ¤
07

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻ•āĻŋ

used at the end of a question to express surprise, doubt, or irony
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She thinks she can sing better than anyone in the class, really? Can she now?
āϏ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ? āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇, āĻāĻ–āύ?
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āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āĻāĻ–āύ

used to indicate something happening intermittently or alternately
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was, now calm and composed, now filled with excitement.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āϝāϤ, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­āϰāĻžāĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ–āύ āϝ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ

used to indicate a result or outcome related to what has just been said or happened
now definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We can start the project now that we have the approval.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ

the present moment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The past is gone, and the future is uncertain, but the now is all we have.
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āϏāĻŦāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύ⧇āĻŦāϞ

describing something that is in fashion, up to date, or popular at the present moment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Designers are showcasing the now trends in minimalistic interior design.
āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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