nowness

NOW

abbr.

National Organization for Women

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now  (nou)

adv.

1. At the present time: goods now on sale; the now aging dictator.

2. At once; immediately: Stop now.

3. In the immediate past; very recently: left the room just now.

4. At this point in the series of events; then: The ship was now listing to port.

5. At times; sometimes: now hot, now cold.

6. Nowadays.

7. In these circumstances; as things are: Now we won't be able to stay.

8.

a. Used to introduce a command, reproof, or request: Now pay attention.

b. Used to indicate a change of subject or to preface a remark: Now, let's get down to work.

conj.

Seeing that; since. Often used with that: Now that spring is here, we can expect milder weather.

n.

The present time or moment: wouldn't work up to now.

adj.

1. Of the present time; current: our now governor.

2. Slang Currently fashionable; trendy: the now sound of this new rock band.

Idiom:

now and again/then

Occasionally.

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[Middle English, from Old English n; see nu- in Indo-European roots.]

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nowness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nowness - the quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller presentness timing - the time when something happens currentness, up-to-dateness, currency - the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term"