In vs Now - What's the difference?
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# Contained by.
# Within.
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# Part of; a member of.
# Pertaining to (that particular thing).
# At the end of a period of time.
# Within a certain elapsed time
# During (said of periods of time).
Into.
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# (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
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(obsolete) To enclose; to take in; to harvest.
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(lb) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
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Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in , the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
(lb) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
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(lb) Abbreviation of in aid of.
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After the beginning of something.
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(sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
In fashion; popular.
Incoming.
(nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
(legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
Present; current.
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(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.
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Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
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Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
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(obsolete) Very recently; not long ago.
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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.
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, 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.}}
As a preposition in
is in, into, within.As a noun now is
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Preposition
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- In returning to the vault, I had no very sure purpose in mind; only a vague surmise that this finding of Blackbeard's coffin would somehow lead to the finding of his treasure.
- Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
- tourists sometimes attempt to pay in euros or British pounds.
Verb
- He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.
Etymology 2
(etyl) inneAdverb
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Noun
(en noun)- His parents got him an in with the company
Antonyms
* outAdjective
(en adjective)- Skirts are in this year.
- the in train''
- in''' by descent; '''in''' by purchase; '''in of the seisin of her husband
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Etymology 3
Statistics
*References
* Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8now
English
(wikipedia now)Adjective
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- 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.
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- 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 .