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now and then

now and then
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nou and th en]
    • /naʊ ænd ðɛn/
    • /naʊ ənd ðen/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nou and th en]
    • /naʊ ænd ðɛn/

Definitions of now and then words

  • adverb now and then occasionally 1
  • phrase now and then If you say that something happens now and then or every now and again, you mean that it happens sometimes but not very often or regularly. 0
  • noun now and then sometimes; occasionally 0
  • adverb now and then (Idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently. 0
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Parts of speech for Now and then

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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now and then popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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