Definition of now

"now" in the noun sense

1. now

the momentary present

"Now is a good time to do it"

"it worked up to right now"

"now" in the adverb sense

1. 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"

2. 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. now

used to preface a command or reproof or request

"now hear this!"

"now pay attention"

4. 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"

5. immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, 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!"

6. now

prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity

"Now the next problem is..."

7. now

in the immediate past

"told me just now"

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Quotations for now

You mean now? [ Yogi Berra ]

I must sleep now. [ Dying words of Byron ]

Now it rains into the sea. [ Proverb ]

Now you have feathered your nest. [ Congreve ]

Now is now, and Yule's in winter. [ Scotch Proverb ]

What the hell's wrong with him now? [ Yogi Berra, after his wife Carmen said she took Tim to see Doctor Zhivago ]

"Now" is the watchword of the wise. [ Proverb ]

I am not now That which I have been. [ Byron ]

I now see which leg you are lame of. [ Proverb ]

Now, infidel, I have thee on the hip. [ William Shakespeare ]

No season now for calm, familiar talk. [ Homer ]

His glory now lies buried in the dust. [ Quarles ]

No greater men are now than ever were. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Words that are now dead were once alive. [ A. Coles ]

Nothing now is left but a majestic memory. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

What is reason now was passion heretofore. [ Ovid ]

His tongue is now a stringless instrument. [ William Shakespeare ]

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. [ William Shakespeare ]

A fool may now and then be right by chance. [ Cowper ]

Could I love less, I should be happier now. [ Bailey ]

The worse luck now, the better another time. [ Proverb ]

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. [ William Shakespeare ]

The earth now supports many bad and weak men. [ Juv ]

He wants nothing now but the itch to scratch. [ Proverb ]

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark. [ Cowper ]

I taught you to swim, and now you would drown me. [ Proverb ]

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. [ Bible ]

Virtue now is in herbs, and stones, and words only. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

What were once vices are now the fashion of the day. [ Seneca ]

It is but a short journey across the isthmus of Now. [ Bovee ]

I wept when I was born, and now every day shews why. [ Proverb ]

I was once a poet and a historian, and now I am nothing. [ Boudier, for his epitaph ]

So now you act like yourself, and nobody will trust you. [ Proverb ]

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. [ Daniel Webster ]

Now, good digestion wait on appetite. And health on both! [ William Shakespeare ]

You have fouled yourself, and now would have me clean you. [ Proverb ]

I have been dying for twenty years, now I am going to live. [ Jas. Drummond Burns ]

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. [ Anonymous ]

Close up the sluices now, lads; the meadows have drunk enough. [ Virgil ]

The glittering tresses which, now shaken loose, Showered gold. [ Owen Meredith ]

One of our poets - which is it? - speaks of an everlasting now. [ Southey ]

A tomb now suffices for him for whom the world did not suffice. [ Apropos of Alexander the Great ]

Now I have got an ewe and a lamb, every one cries welcome Peter. [ Proverb ]

Flattery, which was formerly a vice, is now grown into a custom. [ Publius Syrus ]

It is now as in the days of yore when the sword ruled all things. [ Schiller ]

Let him say what he will, men have spoken well of God before now. [ Proverb ]

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

Then sing by turns, by turns the Muses sing; Now hawthorns blossom. [ Pope ]

He is now stretching out his foolish head to the matrimonial halter. [ Juv ]

'Twas glory once to be a Roman; She makes it glory, now, to be a man. [ Bayard Taylor ]

A strange ox every now and then turns its eyes wistfully to the door. [ Proverb ]

The most penitent anchorite has now and then a small flight of vanity. [ Proverb ]

Here, where the city now stands, was at that time nothing but its site. [ Ovid ]

There never was so great a thought labouring in the breasts of men as now. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

The people once belonged to the kings; now the kings belong to the people. [ Heine ]

The devil hath owed me a cake of a long time, and now hath paid me a loaf. [ Proverb ]

All June I bound the rose in sheaves. Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves. [ Robert Browning ]

I have not wept these forty years; but now my mother comes afresh into my eyes. [ Dryden ]

No historic event is so important as the advent of a conviction of a now truth. [ James Freeman Clarke ]

There was a time when the world acted upon books; now books act upon the world. [ Joubert ]

Who now travels that dark path to the bourne from which they say no one returns. [ Catullus ]

Why will you break the Sabbath of my days? Now sick alike of envy and of praise. [ Pope ]

My son, be not now negligent, for the Lord hath chosen thee to stand before Him. [ Apoc ]

now in Scrabble®

The word now is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters now:

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now in Words With Friends™

The word now is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters now:

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The 72 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In now

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Words within the letters of now

2 letter words in now (3 words)

3 letter words in now (Anagrams) (3 words)

Words containing the sequence now

Words that start with now (6 words)

Words with now in them (211 words)

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Words that end with now (7 words)

Word Growth involving now

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