¦ adverb
1. at the present time.
at or from this precise moment.
under the present circumstances.
2. used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to something.
3. used in a request, instruction, or question.
¦ conjunction as a consequence of the fact.
¦ adjective informal fashionable.
Phrases
now and again (or then) from time to time.
now or never used to convey urgency.
Derivatives
nowness noun
Origin
OE nu?, of Gmc origin.