n.
Pronunciation: ' nau ̇
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English n ū ; akin to Old High German n ū now, Latin nunc, Greek nyn
Date: before 12th century
1 a : at the present time or moment b : in the time immediately before the present <thought of them just now > c : in the time immediately to follow : FORTHWITH <come in now >
2 ― used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to express command, request, or admonition < now hear this> < now you be sure to write>
3 ― used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to introduce an important point or indicate a transition (as of ideas) < now , this may seem reasonable at first>
4 : SOMETIMES < now one and now another>
5 : under the present circumstances
6 : at the time referred to < now the trouble began>
7 : by this time <has been teaching now for twenty years>