At the present time.
Used to indicate a context of urgency.
Sometimes; occasionally.
Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized).
Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
At the time reached within a narration.
Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Indicates a signal to begin.
Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
Present; current.
The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
The present time.
A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
At that time; then.
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.