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| has gloss | (noun) the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now" now |
| has gloss | eng: Now is the time span between the past and the future. It can be long (like an eon in geologic time) or short (like a picosecond) but it is almost always used to refer to the span between the present instant to some time horizon when a decision must be made. It can be used to ask or demand that someone make a decision even if they want to delay. |
| lexicalization | eng: now |
| subclass of | (noun) the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" present, nowadays |
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| Bulgarian | |
| lexicalization | bul: сега |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | cmn: dāng jin |
| lexicalization | cmn: 当今 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 當今 |
| German | |
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| lexicalization | deu: Gegenwart |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| lexicalization | ell: τώρα |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: présent |
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| lexicalization | fra: alors |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: presente |
| lexicalization | ita: oggigiorno |
| Georgian | |
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| lexicalization | kat: აწმყო |
| Neapolitan | |
| lexicalization | nap: presente |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: tegenwoordige tijd |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: presente |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: тепер |
| Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | zho: 现在 |
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| similar | e/simple/Now |
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