"right now" meaning in English

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Adverb

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Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} right now (not comparable)
  1. At the present moment. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Present Synonyms (at this precise moment): at the moment Translations (at this precise moment): հե՛նց հիմա (héncʻ hima) (Armenian), oraintxe (Basque), ara mateix (Catalan), ᎲᎴᏊ (hvlequu) (Cherokee), 現在 /现在 (xiànzài) (Chinese Mandarin), 此時 /此时 (cǐshí) [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), lige nu (Danish), momenteel (Dutch), ĝuste nun (Esperanto), juuri nyt (Finnish), välittömästi (Finnish), nyt heti (Finnish), en ce moment (French), agora mesmo (Galician), ამწუთას (amc̣utas) (Georgian), ახლავე (axlave) (Georgian), gerade jetzt (German), genau jetzt (German), τώρα αμέσως (tóra amésos) (Greek), כרגע (Hebrew), עכשיו (Hebrew), עכשיו בדיוק [emphatic] (Hebrew), अभी (abhī) (Hindi), éppen most (Hungarian), épp most (Hungarian), most éppen (Hungarian), most (Hungarian), jelenleg (Hungarian), jelen pillanatban (Hungarian), pillanatnyilag (Hungarian), 今すぐ (ima sugu) (alt: いますぐ) (Japanese), ឥឡូវហ្នឹង (i’ləv nɨŋ) (Khmer), izao dieny izao (Malagasy), अत्ताच (attāc) (Marathi), याच वेळी (yāc veḷī) (Marathi), яг одоо (jag odoo) (Mongolian), tʼáá kʼad (Navajo), akkurat nå (Norwegian), akkurat no (Norwegian Nynorsk), nū rihte (Old English), الان (alân) (Persian), هماکنون (ham-aknun) (Persian), در حال حاضر (dar hâl-e hâzer) (Persian), właśnie teraz (Polish), agora mesmo (Portuguese), chiar acum (Romanian), пря́мо сейча́с (prjámo sejčás) (Russian), как ра́з сейча́с (kak ráz sejčás) (Russian), в э́тот моме́нт (v étot momént) (Russian), управо сада (Serbo-Croatian), upravo sada (Serbo-Croatian), ahora mismo (Spanish), ahorita (Spanish), agoritamente [Dominican-Republic] (Spanish), ahorininga [Dominican-Republic] (Spanish), ahoritica (english: America) (Spanish), ahoritita (english: America) (Spanish), ahorititita (english: America) (Spanish), untualito [Honduras] (Spanish), utualito [Central-America] (Spanish), horita (english: America) (Spanish), sasa hivi (Swahili), just nu (Swedish), şu anda (Turkish), cà này (Tày), cay này (Tày), пря́мо за́раз (prjámo záraz) (Ukrainian), ngay lập tức (Vietnamese), ar hyn o bryd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-right_now-en-adv-teuudx9r Disambiguation of Present: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'at this precise moment': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'at this precise moment': 100 0
  2. Immediately. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Present Synonyms (immediately): this instant
    Sense id: en-right_now-en-adv-xo2akVdL Disambiguation of Present: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Tày translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 5 95 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Tày translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'immediately': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: currently, immediately, RN [initialism], rn [initialism] Related terms: right here

Alternative forms

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  "word": "right now"
}

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