"for now" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. At the moment, until later (implying a likelihood of changing state). Categories (topical): Present Synonyms: for the present, for the time being Translations (at the moment; until later): паку́ль (pakúlʹ) (Belarusian), per ara (Catalan), 目前 (mùqián) (english: at the moment) (Chinese Mandarin), 暫時 (temporarily) (Chinese Mandarin), 暂时 (zànshí) (Chinese Mandarin), indtil videre (Danish), foreløbig (Danish), voorlopig (Dutch), tällä erää (Finnish), tällä haavaa (Finnish), pour le moment (French), pour l’instant (French), vorerst (German), erst einmal (German), fürs Erste (German), egyelőre (Hungarian), í bili (Icelandic), núna (Icelandic), per ora (Italian), per adesso (Italian), inntil videre (Norwegian Bokmål), foreløpig (Norwegian Bokmål), inntil vidare (Norwegian Nynorsk), foreløpig (Norwegian Nynorsk), فعلا (fe'lan) (Persian), na razie (Polish), por enquanto (Portuguese), por ora (Portuguese), пока́ (poká) (Russian), на да́нный моме́нт (na dánnyj momént) (Russian), por ahora (Spanish), för tillfället (Swedish), just nu (Swedish), по́ки (póky) (Ukrainian), am dro (Welsh), am y tro (Welsh)
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
          "word": "tällä erää"
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
          "word": "í bili"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
          "word": "núna"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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          "roman": "na dánnyj momént",
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          "sense": "at the moment; until later",
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