Now vs Bow - What's the difference?
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Present; current.
* 17th C , , Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing and Confident Opinion , 1885,
* 1855 , Conrad Swackhamer, The United States democratic review , Volume 5?,
* 1908 , The English reports ,
* 2010 March 17, The Telegraph'', news website, ''
(archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.
(informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
At the present time.
* Arbuthnot
(sentence)
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=3
, passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.}}
Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= At the time reached within a narration.
(obsolete) Very recently; not long ago.
* Waller
since something is true : because of the fact that something happened
: Now you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
since, because, in light of the fact.
— usually + that
: Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
: Now that''' we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting '''now that everyone's here.
Indicates a signal to begin.
(uncountable) The present time.
# The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
# A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
#* (Emily Dickinson)
#* {{quote-book, ##*, 1982, Albert Hofstadter, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology, by=Martin Heidegger, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=VmatHCLJ4Q4C&pg=PA249, page=249
, passage=Time is not thrust together and summed up out of nows , but the reverse: with reference to the now we can articulate the stretching out of time always only in specific ways.}}
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow ).
A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
A stringed instrument, similar to the item described above.
A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
* Bible, Genesis ix. 13
The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
(nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
(saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
To become bent or curved.
To make something bend or curve.
* Milton
* Prescott
(figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
* Francis Bacon
* Fuller
To premiere.
To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
* , chapter=4
, title= (transitive, and, intransitive) To debut.
* 2010 (publication date), Kara Krekeler, "Rebuilding the opera house", West End Word , volume 39, number 26, December 22, 2010 – January 11, 2011, page 1:
To defer (to something).
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist.
A debut
* {{quote-journal, 1832, , Literary Notices, The Rail-Road Journal
, passage=The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.}}
(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=6
As nouns the difference between now and bow
is that now is the present time while bow is a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.As an adjective now
is present; current.As an adverb now
is at the present time.As a conjunction now
is since something is true : because of the fact that something happened.As an interjection now
is indicates a signal to begin.As an acronym NOW
is national Organization for Women.As a verb bow is
to play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.now
English
(wikipedia now)Adjective
(-)page 207,
- Defects seem as necessary to our now happiness as their Opposites.
- The history of the infant colonies teaches us that the country comprised within the limits of the now United States of America was originally patented in the reign of James I., of England, into two portions:'' that in less than eighty years from that period, the same was again divided into ''twelve'' distinct provinces; a ''thirteenth being after added in the creation of the State of Georgia.
- Where in assumpsit for money lent, the defendant pleaded that in an action in which the now' defendant was plaintiff, and the ' now plaintiff was defendant,.
Radio 4 apologises for day old shipping forecast,
- Radio 4's continuity announcer said at the end of the show: "As many of you will have noticed, that edition of The Now Show wasn't very now . It was actually last week's programme. Our apologies for that."
- Now wife.
- I think this band's sound is very now .
See also
* happeningAdverb
(-)- I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
- They that but now , for honour and for plate, / Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
Derived terms
* nowadays * now and then * right now *Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ''We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
Interjection
(en-interj)!- ''Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
Noun
(en-noun)- Now is the right time.
- There is no better time than now .
- She is living in the now .
- Forever is composed of nows .
Synonyms
* (not paying attention to the future or past) here and nowStatistics
*bow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) boga, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I do set my bow in the cloud.
Synonyms
* (bow-shaped bend) arc, bend, curve * (tool for playing stringed instruments) fiddlestickDerived terms
* bow and arrow * bowman * bowmanship * composite bow * compound bow * crossbow * longbow * oxbow * rainbow * shortbow * bow tieVerb
(en verb)- The musician bowed his violin expertly.
- The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
- We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness.
- The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny.
- Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
- not to bow and bias their opinions
- Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.Verb
(en verb)- The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "Follow me and I will show you your room."
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December.
Derived terms
* bow down * bow out * bow and scrape * take a bowNoun
(en noun)- He bowed politely as he entered the room.
- The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.
citation
Etymology 3
From (etyl) boech or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow , though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.}}