nau 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 the
immediate past (just now). 7 (esp. in a
narrative or discourse)
then,
next (the
police now arrived; now to
consider the next point). 8 (without
reference to time, giving
various tones to a sentence)
surely, I
insist, I
wonder, etc. (now
what do you mean by that?; oh
come now!). --conj. (often foll. by that + clause) as a
consequence of the
fact (now that I am older; now you
mention it). --n. this time; the present (should be
there by now;
has happened
before now). øas of now
from or at this time.
for now
until a later time (goodbye for now). now
and again (or then) from time to time; intermittently. now or
never an
expression of urgency. [OE nu]
