"here and now" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: here + and + now Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} here and now (not comparable)
  1. At this time and in this place. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Present Related terms: at this moment in time, then and there Translations (at this time and in this place): 此时此地 (Chinese Mandarin), her og nu (Danish), tässä ja nyt (Finnish), hier und jetzt (German), εδώ και τώρα (edó kai tóra) (Greek), itt és most (Hungarian), hér og nú (Icelandic), hic et nunc (Latin), здесь и сейчас (zdesʹ i sejčas) (Russian), här och nu (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-here_and_now-en-adv-FPM6wEp4 Disambiguation of Present: 64 36 0 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English nouns with unattested plurals Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 41 14 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: here-and-now

Noun

Etymology: here + and + now Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} here and now (plural not attested)
  1. The present situation. Tags: no-plural Synonyms: the present Synonyms (present situation): now Translations (present situation): hier en nu [neuter] (Dutch), nykyhetki (Finnish), παρόν (parón) [neuter] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-here_and_now-en-noun-53U3ZGP3 Categories (other): English nouns with unattested plurals Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of 'present situation': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'present situation': 94 6
  2. The current state of one's own life. Tags: no-plural Translations (current state of one's own life): nykytila (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-here_and_now-en-noun-YsgI1IQb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 6 62 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 3 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 3 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 3 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 28 5 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 5 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 5 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 31 4 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 9 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 4 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 4 69 Disambiguation of "current state of one's own life": 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: here-and-now
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