right now
UK/ˌraɪt ˈnaʊ
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Northumbria/ˈɹiːt nuː/
right now adverb: at the present moment.
Adverb
right now (not comparable)
- At the present moment.
- I'm not feeling very good right now.
- May I see the studio? - Um, maybe another time? Right now I am busy.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Synonyms:
- at the moment
- Immediately.
- You'd better get out of here right now!
- Synonyms:
- this instant
right now meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
right now in Hindi
- at this precise moment
- अभी abhī
right now in Tamil
- இப்போதே, உடனே
right now in Marathi
- at this precise moment
- अत्ताच attāc, याच वेळी yāc veḷī
right now in Malayalam
- right now, immediately, at once, instantly
- ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ ippōḷ tanne
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- right now in Sinhala
- මේ දැන්
- right now in Persian
- الان alân, هماکنون ham-aknun, در حال حاضر dar hâl-e hâzer
- right now in Vietnamese
- ngay lập tức
Synonyms of right now
Questions about right now
- What does right now mean?
- Right now means at the present moment.
- What is right now in Hindi?
- Right now in Hindi is अभी (abhī). See Right now meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is right now?
- Right now is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce right now?
- Right now is pronounced /ˌraɪt ˈnaʊ (UK).
Words near right now in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: right now (page history and authors); right now (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); right now (Sinhala 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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