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Now And Again

Definition: Now And Again

Now And Again

Adverb

1. Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Now And Again

Synonyms: at times (adv), from time to time (adv), now and then (adv), occasionally (adv), on occasion (adv), once in a while (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Now And Again

English words defined with "now and again": at timesfrom time to timenow and thenoccasionally, on occasion, once in a whileSanctus bell. (references)
Specialty definitions using "now and again": Adjustment to Immigrant StatusBreidbart IndexDe Laval nozzleMichmashPergaRodrigoSafeguards, import, Sign your NameTYMNETYesterday. (references)

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Modern Usage: Now And Again

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Movie/TV Titles

Now and Again (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Now And Again

TitleAuthorQuote

Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh

Even junglecats sit doon n huv a wee purr tae themselves now and again, like say, usually after they've likes devoured somebody.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Now And Again

Expression using "now and again": every now and again. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Now And Again

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  now and again

74

  now and again tv show

5

  now and again tv series

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Now And Again

Language Translations for "now and again"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

herë-herë (now and then), herë pas here (ever and anon, frequently, here and there, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on occasion, periodically, sometimes). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

от време на време (every so often, now and then, occasionally, off and on, once in a while, periodically). (various references)

   

Czech

  

tu a tam, èas od èasu. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

silloin tällöin (at times, now and then). (various references)

   

German

  

von zeit zu zeit (from time to time, now and then), gelegentlich (casual, casually, eventually, incidental, now and then, occasional, occasionally, once in a while, some time, sporadic), dann und wann (ever and anon, now and then), ab und zu (every now and then, from time to time, now and then, off and on, on and off, once in a way, once in a while). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hébe-hóba (at odd times, ever and again, every now and again, every now and then, here and there, now and then, on and off, once in a blue moon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ownay anday againay

   

Romanian

  

din când în când (at intervals, at times, ever and anon, every now and then, every so often, from time to time, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, periodically). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

подчас (occasionally). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ponovo (afresh, again, anew, re), opet (again, anew, anon, anyway). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de vez en cuando (at intervals, betweentimes, ever and anon, every now and then, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on occasion, once in a while). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ibland (among, between, occasionally, once in a while, several times, sometimes). (various references)

   

Thai

  

บางครั้ง (now and then, sometimes). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zaman zaman (betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, from time to time, in places, now and then, on and off), bazen (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, from time to time, now and then, occasionally, off and on, sometime, sometimes), ara sıra (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, by snatches, ever and anon, every now and then, every once in a while, from time to time, in places, in snatches, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once in a while, sometimes). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

іноді (at times, between whiles, ever end again, here and there, occasionally, on and off, on occasion, sometime, sometimes), час від часу (ever and anon, ever end again, now and then, off and on, on and off, once in a while). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Now And Again

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-g-i-n-n-n-o-w"

-3 letters: wannigan.

-4 letters: dawning, donning, downing, nandina, wanigan, wanning, wonning.

-5 letters: adagio, angina, awning, dawing, dowing, ganoid, goanna, nagana, nandin, owning, wading, wangan, waning, wanion.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Now And Again


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 6F 77      41 6E 64      41 67 61 69 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01000001 01100111 01100001 01101001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#111 &#119 &#32 &#65 &#110 &#100 &#32 &#65 &#103 &#97 &#105 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 006F 0077      0041 006E 0064      0041 0067 0061 0069 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

488189235807023573677580

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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