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Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : nou
Phonetic Transcription : naʊ



Definition of now then

Origin :
  • Old English nu "now, at present, immediately; now that," also used as an interjection and as an introductory word; common Germanic (cf. Old Norse nu, Dutch nu, Old Frisian nu, German nun, Gothic nu "now"), from PIE *nu "now" (cf. Sanskrit and Avestan nu, Old Persian nuram, Hittite nuwa, Greek nu, nun, Latin nunc, Old Church Slavonic nyne, Lithuanian nu, Old Irish nu-). Perhaps originally "newly, recently," and related to the root of new.
  • Often merely emphatic; non-temporal usage (cf. Now, then) was in Old English. The adjective meaning "up to date" first recorded 1967, but the word was used also as an adjective in Middle English with the sense "current" from late 14c. Now and then "occasionally" is from 1530s; now or never attested from 1550s.
  • As in intermittent : adj irregular, sporadic
  • As in on-again, off-again : adj intermittent
  • As in now and then : adv once in a while
  • As in off and on : adv intermittently
  • As in on and off : adv intermittently
  • As in rarely : adv not often; exceptionally
  • As in sometimes : adv every now and then
  • As in uncommonly : adv infrequently
  • As in usually : adv for the most part
  • As in infrequently : adv seldom
  • As in ever and again : adv every now and then
  • As in every now and then : adv occasionally
  • As in on and off : adv intermittent
  • As in once in awhile : adv every once in a while
  • As in habitually : adv usually
  • As in routinely : adv usually
  • As in sporadically : adv infrequently
  • As in typically : adv usually

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