just+now

  • 31now*/*/*/ — [naʊ] grammar word summary: Now can be: ■ an adverb: We d better leave now. ■ a conjunction, often with ‘that : Now that I m married, I don t go out so much. 1) at the present time He is now 48 years old.[/ex] She s been very ill, but she s much… …

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  • 32now — /naʊ / (say now) adverb 1. at the present time or moment: he is here now. 2. (more emphatically) immediately or at once: now or never. 3. at this time or juncture in some period under consideration or in some course of proceedings described: the… …

  • 33just — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fair, right; impartial, nonpartisan; lawful, legal, legitimate; exact, accurate, precise. See probity. adv. precisely, exactly; almost, nearly, within an ace of. See justice.Ant., unjust, unfair. II …

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  • 34now — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. immediately, here, presently, today, yet. See present. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [At the present] Syn. at this time, right now, at this moment, at the moment, just now, momentarily, this day, these… …

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  • 35now */*/*/ — UK [naʊ] / US adverb, conjunction Summary: Now is used in the following ways: as an adverb: We d better leave now to get there on time. ♦ Now, what shall we do next? as a conjunction, often with that : Now that I m married, I don t go out in the… …

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  • 36just — adj. & adv. adj. 1 acting or done in accordance with what is morally right or fair. 2 (of treatment etc.) deserved (a just reward). 3 (of feelings, opinions, etc.) well grounded (just resentment). 4 right in amount etc.; proper. adv. 1 exactly… …

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  • 37now — nowness, n. /now/, adv. 1. at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary. 2. without further delay; immediately; at once: Either do it now or not at all. 3. at this time or juncture in some period under consideration or in some… …

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  • 38now — adv., conj., & n. adv. 1 at the present or mentioned time. 2 immediately (I must go now). 3 by this or that time (it was now clear). 4 under the present circumstances (I cannot now agree). 5 on this further occasion (what do you want now?). 6 in… …

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  • 39now — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nū; akin to Old High German nū now, Latin nunc, Greek nyn Date: before 12th century 1. a. at the present time or moment b. in the time immediately before the present < thought of them just now …

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  • 40now — [[t]naʊ[/t]] adv. 1) at the present time or moment 2) without further delay; immediately: Do it now or not at all[/ex] 3) at the time being referred to: The case was now ready for the jury[/ex] 4) in the very recent past: I saw them just now[/ex] …

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