[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/now.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / now [← N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/N/) # now «now» in Mova's school dictionary: **at this time, at the present moment: I am busy now** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adverb; conjunction (now that); noun (for now, until now) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Now means at this time, at the present moment: I am busy now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m1) 2) Now means at once, immediately: Come here now! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m2) 3) Now can start a sentence to get attention or move on: Now, let's begin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m3) 4) «Now that» means because at this time: Now that it's sunny, let's go out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m4) 5) «For now» means for the time being; «by now» means already, by this time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m5) 6) (casual) «Right now», «rn» (texts), «just now» (South Africa, UK north: soon or a moment ago), «now then» (UK greeting); «now you're talking» means that's a good idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m6) 7) (rough) «Now!» shouted alone is a sharp order; «now look what you've done» blames someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m7) 8) (formal) The exam voice says «at present», «currently», «at this juncture», «presently», «at the conclusion of the transactions», «subsequent to the changes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#m8) ### sense in the lessons the amount at the end of the story («How many cards does Ben have now?» = the count after all the changes); in class «Now, let's begin», «right now»; in everyday life «now and then» (sometimes), «from now on», «just now», «for now»; in texts «rn»; in rough talk «now look what you've done»; in the exam voice «at present», «currently», «subsequent to these transactions» ### examples - How many cards does Ben have now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x1) - Now there are 9 birds on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x2) - How many children are in the bus now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x3) - It is raining now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x4) - Put your toys away now, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x5) - Now, open your books at page 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x6) - I see my cousins now and then. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x7) - From now on I will brush my teeth twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x8) - at the shops rn, how many eggs we got now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x9) - Now look what you've done, 3 eggs on the floor! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x10) - Pizza? Now you're talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x11) - Determine the number of cards currently in Ben's possession, subsequent to the aforementioned transactions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x12) - The candles were now lighted--what brightness! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/#x13) ### note «now» asks for the amount after the change; the operation comes from the change (got, lost, gave); «currently» and «at present» in an exam ask the same. «Now!» alone is an order, not a number question. «just now» can mean a moment ago or soon, depending on where the speaker is from. Do not mix «now» with «know» (to have in your mind): they look alike but sound different. ### In the corpora - [Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/4/) - [Buy now pay later splits a purchase into instalments; it is still borrowing, with charges if a payment is late.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/17/) - [Fostering is looking after a child from another family for a while, when their own parents cannot cope for now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/13/) - [«I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/18/) - [Knowing how money, work and choices really work now makes the big steps much less scary later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/5/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «now» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/now/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.