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Main Entry:
1now 
Pronunciation:
(
)na
Function:
adverb
1 a : at the present time <they are busy
now>
b : in the time immediately before the present <thought of them just
now>
c : in the time immediately to follow <come in
now>
2 -- used with the sense of present time weakened or lost (as to express command or introduce an important point) <
now hear this>
3 : SOMETIMES <
now one and
now another>
4 : under the present circumstances <
now the trouble began>
5 : by this time <has been teaching
now for twenty years>
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now and then : from time to time
: OCCASIONALLY
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