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NOW

6 pts

/naʊ/

Extended Definitions

noun

  1. The present time.
  2. (often with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
  3. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

adjective

  1. Present; current.
  2. Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
  3. At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.

adverb

  1. At the present time.
  2. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
  3. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.

noun

Valid NWL (US) Scrabble Word

Dictionary Definition

the present time

Word Forms

Letter Values

N1
O1
W4
= 6