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Topic: now
Definition:

  • the momentary present
  • "Now is a good time to do it"
  • "it worked up to right now" 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" 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" used to preface a command or reproof or request
  • "now hear this!"
  • "now pay attention" 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" 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!" (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity
  • "Now the next problem is..." in the immediate past
  • "told me just now"

    Related tag cloud:

  • tickets
  • book
  • uk
  • online
  • every
  • new
  • buy
  • hotline
  • us
  • phone
  • onlinw
  • call
  • end
  • available
  • for
  • all
  • play
  • see
  • usa
  • purchase
  • scene
    • Resources:

    CDnow, Inc.
    Operates online retail store offering music compact discs and other music-related products. (Nasdaq: CDNW).
    http://www.cdnow.com/

    National Organization for Women (NOW)
    Information on women's issues for women's activists.
    http://www.now.org/

    Netscape Composer
    Additional component of Communicator suite (includes Navigator).
    http://www.netscape.com/

    Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Designs, develops and markets systems and application software which enables users to work with professional creative tools, assemble illustrations, images and text into fully formatted documents, output documents directly to printing devices, and distribute documents on paper, video or compact disc, or electronically. (Nasdaq: ADBE).
    http://www.adobe.com/

    WinZip
    Windows data compression utility that focuses on the Zip data compression format for all Windows users. Built-in support for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, gzip, UUencode, XXencode, BinHex, and MIME. ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.
    http://www.winzip.com/