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here and now

here and now adverb: at this time and in this place.

Adverb

here and now (not comparable)

  1. At this time and in this place.
    • On January 8, 1964, in my first State of the Union address to the Congress, I announced: "This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America." I warned that "it will not be a short or easy struggle" but that it was a war "we cannot afford to lose."1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75

Noun

here and now (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The present situation.
    • I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough.1920, Paul Klee, (Please provide the book title or journal name), from an exhibition catalogue
    • In December, my Christian and Jewish neighbors will look backwards as they celebrate events that may have taken place in the ancient Middle East. Neo-Pagans, however, will look around, in the here and now, as we celebrate something that happens every year, something that happens regardless of...1986 December 14, Mary Morrisey, “Roll Over, Jehovah — And Tell St. Nick the News”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 5
    Synonyms:
    now
  2. (no plural) The current state of one's own life.

here and now meaning in Tamil

here and now in Tamil

இங்கே இப்போதே

Examples of here and now in a sentence

  • Neo-Pagans, however, will look around, in the here and now, as we celebrate something that happens every year, something that happens regardless of changes in churches and in nations.1986 December 14, Mary Morrisey, “Roll Over, Jehovah — And Tell St. Nick the News”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 5:
  • But politicians like the idea of cutting costs in the here and now.2020 December 16, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “HS2 is still the right thing to do...”, in Rail, page 41:

Synonyms of here and now

Forms of here and now

alternative formhere-and-now

Origin of here and now

here + and + now

Questions about here and now

What does here and now mean?
Here and now means at this time and in this place.
What is here and now in Tamil?
Here and now in Tamil is இங்கே இப்போதே. See Here and now meaning in Tamil.
How do you use here and now in a sentence?
Neo-Pagans, however, will look around, in the here and now, as we celebrate something that happens every year, something that happens regardless of changes in churches and in nations.
What part of speech is here and now?
Here and now can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near here and now in the dictionary

  1. Herdts
  2. Herdwick
  3. Herdwicks
  4. herdwide
  5. here
  6. here and now
  7. here and there
  8. here and yonder
  9. here be dragons
  10. here below
  11. here comes the aeroplane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: here and now (page history and authors); here and now (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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