What is "now"

Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. New.]

1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.

   I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
   --Arbuthnot.

2. Very lately; not long ago.

   They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
   --Waller.

3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

   The ship was now in the midst of the sea.
   --Matt. xiv. 2

4. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.

   How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor?
   --L'Estrange.

   Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is?
   --Shak.

   Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber.
   --John xviii. 40.

   The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander.
   --South.

   Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

   Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

   Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. ``A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.''
   --Drayton.

   Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] ``Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.''
   --J. Webster (1607).

   Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. ``Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.''
   --Pope.

Now \Now\, a. Existing at the present time; present. [R.] ``Our now happiness.''
--Glanvill.

Now \Now\, n. The present time or moment; the present.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last.
--Cowley.

Old English nu "now, at present, immediately; now that," also used as an interjection and as an introductory word; common Germanic (Old Norse nu, Dutch nu, Old Frisian nu, German nun, Gothic nu "now"), from PIE *nu "now" (cognates: Sanskrit and Avestan nu, Old Persian nuram, Hittite nuwa, Greek nu, nun, Latin nunc, Old Church Slavonic nyne, Lithuanian nu, Old Irish nu-). Perhaps originally "newly, recently," and related to the root of new.\n

\nOften merely emphatic; non-temporal usage (as in Now, then) was in Old English. The adjective meaning "up to date" first recorded 1967, but the word was used also as an adjective in Middle English with the sense "current" from late 14c. Now and then "occasionally" is from 1530s; now or never attested from 1550s.

a. 1 present; current. 2 (context archaic legal English) 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. 3 (context informal English) fashionable; popular; up to date; current. adv. 1 At the present time. 2 (context sentence English) (non-gloss definition: Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.) conj. since something is true : because of the fact that something happened interj. Indicates a signal to begin. n. 1 (context uncountable English) The present time. 2 # (context often with "the" English) The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. 3 # (context countable chiefly in phenomenology English) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

n. the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"

1. adv. 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" [syn: at present]

2. 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" [syn: nowadays, today]

3. 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"

4. (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

5. used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"

6. 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!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, right away, at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot]

7. in the immediate past; "told me just now"

Now commonly refers to the present time.

Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:

NOW is a manhwa by Park Sung-woo. It is published by Seoul Munhwasa and serialized in IQ Jump Comics, a weekly Korean manhwa magazine. It was printed in the United States by ComicsOne until it closed, and then distributed by Infinity Studios, who mainly published newer volumes digitally, until it was also defunct, leaving the series incomplete to English-speakers.

Now is the third album by country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on April 15, 2003. The single "There's More to Me Than You" served as its lead-off single, reaching Top 20 on the country charts. "Good Time" was also a single, peaking at number 49 on the country charts.

Now (1982) is the debut album by American ambient musician Steve Roach. During the time that this album was recorded, Roach performed frequent live concerts. Often immediately after these performances he would return to his home studio to record his newly inspired material. Many of the tracks on this album were created in this manner.

Most of the tracks on this album are fast paced pieces recorded with a complex array of analog sequencers, in a fashion inspired by the Berlin School of electronic music and innovative production techniques. There is one textural ambient piece titled "Cloud Motion".

In 1992 Now was rereleased with Roach's second album Traveler as Now / Traveler.

Now (styled as NOW), also known as Now Magazine, is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It was first printed on September 10, 1981 by Michael Hollett and Alice Klein. Now is an alternative weekly mixing arts and entertainment news with political coverage. Editorially, it strongly favours the New Democratic Party (NDP) politically.

Independent and privately owned by Hollett and Klein, Now is published 52 times a year. The publication can be picked up in cafes, variety stores, clothing outlets, restaurants, alternative movie venues and in its green and red newspaper boxes. Now is published every Thursday.

Now has been online since 1993, first as now.com and then as nowtoronto.com since 2000. The Now site hosts a video channel, NowTube, daily blog postings, and podcasts. In August 2009 Now launched its first smartphone application, a restaurant guide based on the publication’s N rating system. Other applications are in development.

The Toronto Star launched Eye Weekly in 1991 as a competitor to Now, although Now consistently remained the more widely read publication and Eye Weekly folded in 2011.

It is also a central sponsor and its owners hold an ownership stake in North by Northeast, a major annual music festival in Toronto.

NOW is a 2000 album by Cara Jones. It was the first international release for the million-selling singer-songwriter, whose career thus far had been mostly in Japan. The album received favorable reviews in the US and abroad, and is continually used in soundtracks for film and television.

NOW is a British weekly entertainment magazine.

Now was a British television channel transmitted as part of the British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) service during 1990.

Now is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Patrice Rushen. Now was her third highest charting album, peaking at number seven on the jazz albums chart, number four on the R&B albums chart and number forty on the Pop albums chart. It features the hit singles "Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)" and "Get Off (You Fascinate Me)," which are among Rushen's best known in the R&B genre. Rushen's next album would be Watch Out.

Now is the third album released by The Tubes. It was produced by John Anthony. Fed up with constant meddling from Bud Scoppa and Don Wood under the direction of Bill Spooner including surreptitiously remixing a track when John was not at the studio, John Anthony was advised to quit the project by Jerry Moss. Head of A&M A&R Kip Cohen said they took advantage of John and believed they overran the budget to bump up their union fees. Bill Spooner took over and completed the project with the help of engineer Don Wood and Bud Scoppa. John believes in retrospect he should not have tried to be "one of the boys" with this band but remains proud of his idea to get the band playing again live in the studio liked they used to do in the Bay Area bars. "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" is a firm Anthony favourite and sonically shows what he was trying to achieve.

Now features a cover version of Captain Beefheart's "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" and Captain Beefheart also played saxophone on "Cathy's Clone". The project was intended to be a double album but delays lead to cutting several songs including a version of Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity" complete with horn arrangement by Bay-area comedian/musician, Dick Bright. The cover of Now was drawn by Tubes drummer, Prairie Prince entitled "Tubes Descending a Staircase", and was inspired by a similar drawing in Time magazine of the Ramones. In an A&M leaflet, they described the album as "This outrageous and zany band have developed musically and visually since their inception in San Francisco and their previous albums".

Now is the third studio album by hardcore band Mucky Pup. It was released in 1990.

"Now" is a 2002 song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their X album. It peaked at #23 on the UK singles charts.

Now is the second studio album from Chinese singer and songwriter Bibi Zhou. It was released simultaneously with Zhou's third album WOW, on December 18, 2007.

Now is the third studio album by English rock musician Paul Rodgers, of Free and Bad Company fame. Released on 17 June 1997, Now is Paul Rodgers' second solo work of original material, following 1983's Cut Loose. Now the album is more known as a part of 2-CD set, Now & Live including a disc of the 1995 live performance at which Rodgers performed many Free and Bad Company favourites.

Now is the third studio album by American recording artist Maxwell, released August 14, 2001 on Columbia Records in the United States. Following the lukewarm radio success of his previous album Embrya (1998), Maxwell felt more comfortable with his artistic direction for Now, which does not exhibit his previous work's conceptual style.

The album sold over 296,000 units in the U.S. in the first week, according to SoundScan, to earn him his first-ever number one album. Nows second single " This Woman's Work", a live staple of Maxwell's, charted at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 16 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Despite some criticism towards Maxwell's songwriting, Now received generally positive reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 78/100 from Metacritic. The album serves as Maxwell's last release before an eight-year hiatus, which culminated in the release of his fourth studio album BLACKsummers'night (2009).

Now is an album by The Dubliners released in 1975. Following the departure of both Ciaran Bourke and Ronnie Drew in 1974, singer/guitarist Jim McCann joined Barney McKenna, Luke Kelly and John Sheahan as a member of The Dubliners to record this album, which Sheahan himself produced. The slight shift in personnel produced a more mellow sound. Arguably, McCann's greatest contribution to the album is the ballad "Carrickfergus", which became one of his most popular and requested songs. It also features a wonderful rendition of the English ballad, " The Unquiet Grave", performed by Luke Kelly.

NOW is the fourteenth studio album by British band Jade Warrior. Released on 30 June 2008 on the WindWeaver label, it comes after a 15-year gap since their last album Distant Echoes.

Now is the fifth studio album of covers by Philippine acoustic band MYMP, and the last album with Juris Fernandez before she embarked on her solo career.

Now is the 12th studio album released by Peter Frampton through 33rd Street Records.

Now is the second studio album by Finnish singer Anna Abreu, released in Finland by RCA on October 22, 2008. The album was preceded by the singles "Vinegar" and "Silent Despair" and followed by the release of third and fourth singles "Something About U" and "Come Undone".

The album marked a change of artistic direction for Abreu, featuring several dance-infused songs such as the smash hit "Vinegar" and "Something About U". It spent two consecutive weeks at number one on the Finnish albums chart and was certified platinum for Finnish sales in excess of 30,000 copies. The album spent eighteen weeks on the albums chart and has to date sold over 50,000 copies. It is ranked as the best-selling album of 2008 in Finland.

NOW is the fourth studio album from the band Girugämesh, released on December 16, 2009 in Japan, January 4, 2010 in the United States and on February 12 in Europe. Three editions of the album were released: a Regular Version CD, a Limited Version CD+DVD, and a Super Limited Version CD+DVD which includes the music videos for "Alive [PV]" and "Border [PV]", G-TRAVEL Footage, a documentary, and an interview about the album.

Now is a 1973 album by British pop group The New Seekers. It was retitled Pinball Wizards in the US.

Now is the tenth studio album by blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 2004.

Longtime band member Alvin Lee had left the band to be replaced by singer/guitarist Joe Gooch alongside Chick Churchill (keys), Leo Lyons (bass), and Ric Lee (drums).

Now is the fifth full-length studio album released by Christian rock band Fireflight released on March 6, 2012 on Flicker Records. It is their fastest selling and highest charting album to date. As of July 15, 2012 the album has sold more than 40,000 copies.

A special Colorado Mix of "He Weeps" was released on July 24, 2012 for airplay on Air 1.

Now (released 2007 by the label Inner Ear/Musikkkoperatørene - INEA 03) is a studio album by Vigleik Storaas Trio.

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NOW was a political and literary periodical founded in 1940 by George Woodcock, its first editor, from 1940 to 1941, and by Freedom Press from 1943 to 1947.

In the words of its founder, it was established as a review "for publishing literary matter and also as a forum for controversial writing which could not readily find publications under wartime conditions", and included works by "Anarchists, Stalinists, Trotskyists, pacifists, and New Statesman moderates".

In 1945 Now published Marie-Louise Berneri's "Sexuality and Freedom", one of the first discussions of the ideas of Wilhelm Reich in Britain.

Now (Nearly) 36 is the twenty-third studio album by King Creosote. It was released in 2003 on Fence Records.

"Now" is a song by the American rock band Staind. It served as the third single from the band's self-titled seventh studio album Staind. The song was released on April 23, 2012. It's also featured in the video game NASCAR Inside Line as part of the soundtrack.

Now is an album by saxophonist Eric Kloss recorded in 1978 and released on the Muse label.

"Now" is a song by the American rock band Paramore. It was released on January 22, 2013 as the first single from their fourth album, the self-titled Paramore. The song impacted radio on January 29, 2013. It is their first single in an album to not feature former band members Josh and Zac Farro since their departure in 2010. "Now" received acclaim from music critics, with reviewers praising its production, lyrical content, and Hayley Williams' vocal delivery on the track. The single achieved moderate commercial success, ranking within the top 20 of Billboard's Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs.

"Now" is a song by American indie rock band Joywave. It was released as the fourth single from their debut studio album How Do You Feel Now? on July 24, 2015. It also appears on their second extended play How Do You Feel?. "Now" peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

"Now" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. It aired on November 8, 2015, on AMC, and was written by Corey Reed and directed by Avi Youabian. It deals with the aftermath of the Wolves' attack on Alexandria.

Now is an EP by Band of Susans, released in 1992 by Restless Records.