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here and now

here and now

70 3.5
The time and place you are in now
  • noun
translation icon : aquí y ahora
  • It's happening right here and now!
  • focus on the here and now
  • life in the here and now
  • occurs in the here and now

That's all there ever is, life here and now. Be at ease

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Examples

  • There is no future to be drawn into; there is only the here and now.

    Academic text (1999)

  • There is nothing in the here and now to take my mind off it.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • But what you can do here and now is make a decision.

  • May we here and now, take a larger view of life.

  • I think I found something good here and now what about this?

  • But I live here and now I care about people who care about us.

    Lex Fridman

  • So what does that have to do with us, you and me, here and now?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Your revolution starts here and now.

    North of the 10 (2022)

  • I'm freer right here and now than I was yesterday.

    Desperate Measures (1998)

  • You need to focus on your goals here and now to make progress.

Synonyms

moment
vshere and now
∞ 1.0

A very short time or a particular point in time

emphasizes immediate time together with current location
present
vshere and now
287 1.0

The time that is happening now

focuses instead on both current time and immediate place
present moment
vshere and now
15 2.1

The time that is happening now

includes the immediate location as well as time
now
vshere and now
4 1.0

The present moment when something is happening

also specifies the immediate place along with that time

Antonyms

past
∞ 1.0

From an earlier time, not happening now

How Ancient

ancients
7.7
here and now
70 3.5

Surface Forms

here and now singular

Morphology

here + and + now

The phrase combines 'here' (at this place) and 'now' (at this time) in a straightforward coordinative way to mean the immediate present; its meaning is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows normal English coordination, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Here and now comes from the simple image of someone pointing to the place (here) and the time (now) to show what is happening at that exact moment. That's why it means 'the present moment' or 'the current time and place'.