now that

English

Conjunction

now that

1. As a consequence of the fact that; since.

   Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.

   Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. / Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.

   Now that the kids have left home we've got a lot of extra space.

   Now that I've got a car I can visit her more often.

   Now that we know each other a little better, we get along fine.

   Now that I think of it, I acted the same way when I was his age.

Synonyms

• as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

since

• Afrikaans: noudat
• Arabic: بِمَا أَنّ (bimā ʔann), أَمَا وَأَنّ (ʔamā waʔann)
• Belarusian: цяпе́р, калі́ (cjapjér, kalí)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 既然 (zh) (jìrán)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: nu (nl)
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• Finnish: nyt kun
• French: maintenant que (fr)
• Portuguese: agora que
• Russian: тепе́рь, когда́ (tepérʹ, kogdá), раз уж (raz už)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: ahora que
• Ukrainian: тепе́р, коли́ (tepér, kolý)

Anagrams

• what not, what-not, whatnot