Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The present time.

    Now is the right time.

    There is no better time than now.

    Jetzt

    the momentary present

  2. (often, uncountable, usually)The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.

    She is living in the now.

  3. (countable, usually)A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

Examples

21359 sentences
  1. You must go to bed now.

    Ти маєш зараз іти до ліжка. — deniko

    deDu musst jetzt ins Bett gehen. — Kuraimegami

  2. I guess we should leave now.

    Думаю, нам треба зараз піти. — deniko

    deIch schätze, wir sollten jetzt gehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I have got to go now.

    Зараз мені треба йти. — shanghainese

    ruЯ должна сейчас уйти. — kotoenok15

    deIch muss jetzt gehen. — MUIRIEL

  4. Let's turn and go back now.

    Давай зараз розвернемося і підемо назад. — deniko

    deLass uns jetzt umkehren! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. May I do it right now?

    Можна я зроблю це прямо зараз? — ChickenKiev

    ruМожно я сделаю это прямо сейчас? — Hellerick

    deKann ich es gleich machen? — Tamy

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the present time:

Origin

From Middle English nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto

From Middle English nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?").

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Forms

plural: nows

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • right now
  • that right now
  • do that now
  • doing that now
  • busy right now
  • from now on
  • better better now
  • go home now
  • eating right now
  • home now
  • leave now
  • now and then

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
now — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto