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now
Overview of noun now
The noun now has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (10) now -- (the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now")
Overview of adv now
The adv now has 7 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (494) now, at present -- (at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now")
2. (337) nowadays, now, today -- (in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television")
3. (307) now -- (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"; "the ship is now listing to port")
4. (83) now -- ((prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is...")
5. (39) now -- (used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention")
6. (22) immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot -- (without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!")
7. (1) now -- (in the immediate past; "told me just now")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun now
1 sense of now
Sense 1
now
=> present, nowadays
=> time
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun now
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun now
1 sense of now
Sense 1
now
=> present, nowadays
Antonyms of noun now
Member Holonyms of noun now
Substance Holonyms of noun now
Part Holonyms of noun now
Member Meronyms of noun now
Substance Meronyms of noun now
Part Meronyms of noun now
Meronyms of noun now
Holonyms of noun now
Attributes of noun now
Derived Forms of noun now
Domain of noun now
Domain Terms of noun now
Familiarity of noun now
now used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun now
1 sense of now
Sense 1
now
> present, nowadays
=> now
=> here and now, present moment, moment
=> date
=> time being, nonce
=> today
=> tonight
Meronyms of noun now
1 sense of now
Holonyms of noun now
Grep of noun now
c. p. snow
charles percy snow
corn snow
desire to know
don't-know
evening-snow
frost snow
here and now
know
lucknow
minnow
now
nowadays
nowhere
nowness
nowrooz
nowruz
snow
topminnow
winnow
Grep of verb now
foreknow
know
snow
winnow
Antonyms of adv now
Synonyms of adv now
7 senses of now
Sense 1
now, at present
Sense 2
nowadays, now, today
Sense 3
now
Sense 4
now
Sense 5
now
Sense 6
immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot
Sense 7
now
Pertainyms of adv now
Domain of adv now
Domain Terms of adv now
Familiarity of adv now
now used as an adverb is common (polysemy count =7)
Grep of adv now
every now and then
just now
now
now and again
now and then
now now
nowadays
nowhere
nowise
til now
until now
up to now
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