for now
for now prepositional phrase: at the moment (suggesting a deferral of the likelihood of change).
Prepositional phrase
- At the moment (suggesting a deferral of the likelihood of change).
- That's enough for now, we can continue our conversation tomorrow.
- For now the real climate-change refugees may be living not above sea level but below it. Researchers[…]have found that, since 1970, stocks of some fish species have gradually been moving towards the world’s colder regions.[…]The world’s fish stocks, it seems, are heralding a migration that may one...2013 August 31, “Sea change”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851
- Synonyms:
- for the present, for the moment, for the time being
for now meaning in Urdu and Persian
for now in Urdu
- for now
- فالحال filhāl
for now in Persian
- at the moment; until later
- فعلا fe'lan
Synonyms of for now
Questions about for now
- What does for now mean?
- For now means at the moment (suggesting a deferral of the likelihood of change).
- What is for now in Urdu?
- For now in Urdu is فالحال (filhāl). See For now meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is for now?
- For now is a prepositional phrase.
Words near for now in the dictionary
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