here and now

English

Alternative forms

• here-and-now

Etymology

here + and + now

Adverb

here and now (not comparable)

1. At this time and in this place.
   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:

     On January 8, 1964, in my first State of the Union address to the Congress, I announced: "This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America." I warned that "it will not be a short or easy struggle" but that it was a war "we cannot afford to lose."

Translations

at this time and in this place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 此时此地 (zh)

• Danish: her og nu
• Finnish: tässä ja nyt
• German: hier und jetzt
• Greek: εδώ και τώρα (edó kai tóra)
• Hungarian: itt és most
• Icelandic: hér og nú
• Latin: hic et nunc
• Swedish: här och nu

See also

• at this moment in time
• then and there

Noun

here and now (plural not attested)

1. The present situation.
   • 1920, Paul Klee, (Please provide the book title or journal name), from an exhibition catalogue:

     I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough.

   • 1986 December 14, Mary Morrisey, “Roll Over, Jehovah — And Tell St. Nick the News”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 5:

     In December, my Christian and Jewish neighbors will look backwards as they celebrate events that may have taken place in the ancient Middle East. Neo-Pagans, however, will look around, in the here and now, as we celebrate something that happens every year, something that happens regardless of changes in churches and in nations. The winter solstice is something you can depend upon.

   • 2020 December 16, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “HS2 is still the right thing to do...”, in Rail, page 41:

     Cutting line capacity by 4tph (around 30 trains a day) would slash revenues (seats). HS2 would be hobbled. But politicians like the idea of cutting costs in the here and now.

2. The current state of one's own life.

Synonyms

• (present situation): now; see also Thesaurus:the present

Translations

present situation

• Dutch: hier en nu (nl) n
• Finnish: nykyhetki (fi)
• Greek: παρόν (el) n (parón)

current state of one's own life

• Finnish: nykytila