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Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.
Idioms about now
now and again, occasionally.Also now and then.
now that, inasmuch as; since: Now that she is rich and famous, she is constantly being besieged by appeals for aid.
Origin of now
First recorded before 900; 1965–70 for def. 11; Middle English; Old English nū, cognate with Old Norse, Gothic nū; akin to German nun, Latin num, Sanskrit nu, Greek nú, nûn
OTHER WORDS FROM now
nowness, nounWords nearby now
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British Dictionary definitions for now
Word Origin for now
Old English nū; compare Old Saxon nū, German nun, Latin nunc, Greek nu
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