now
adverb (IN SPEECH) /naʊ/Definition
› used in statements and questions to introduce or give emphasis to what you are saying: Now, where did I put my hat? There was a knock at the door. Now Jan knew her mother had promised to visit, so she assumed it was her. Hurry, now, or you'll miss the bus! Sorry, I can't today. Now if you'd asked me yesterday, I would have said yes.Connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
(Definition of now adverb (IN SPEECH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- 'n' conjunction
- and conjunction (ALSO)
- anyhow adverb (ANYWAY)
- anyroad adverb
- anyway adverb
- indeed adverb
- ipso facto adverb
- much/still less idiom
- nay adverb (EVEN MORE)
- never mind idiom
- now then idiom
- that conjunction
- that is (to say) idiom
- then adverb (NEXT)
- then adverb (RESULT)
- thereby adverb
- therein lies idiom
- thus adverb
- well exclamation
- with preposition (AND)
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