• noun:   the momentary present

  Example: "Now is a good time to do it"

• adverb:   used to preface a command or reproof or request

  Example: "Now hear this!"

• adverb:   at the present moment

  Example: "Goods now on sale"

• adverb:   in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

  Example: "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"

• adverb:   in the immediate past

  Example: "Told me just now"

• adverb:   (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity

  Example: "Now the next problem is..."

• adverb:   in these times

  Example: "It is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished- Nancy Mitford"

• adverb:   without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

  Example: "Come here now!"

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