adv.
- at the present time.
▸at or from this precise moment.
▸under the present circumstances.
- used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to something.
- used in a request, instruction, or question.
conj.
as a consequence of the fact.
adj.
informal fashionable.
Phrase
- now and again
(or then)
from time to time. - now or never
used to convey urgency.
Derivative
Etymology
OE nū, of Gmc origin.