for now

prepositional phrase

At the moment (suggesting a deferral of the likelihood of change).

“That's enough for now, we can continue our conversation tomorrow.”

Similar
for the presentfor the momentfor the time being
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. At the moment (suggesting a deferral of the likelihood of change).

    That's enough for now, we can continue our conversation tomorrow.

    1 more example

    For now the real climate-change refugees may be living not above sea level but below it. Researchers[…]have found that, since 1970, stocks of some fish species have gradually been moving towards the world’s colder regions.[…]The world’s fish stocks, it seems, are heralding a migration that may one day occur above the seas too.

    2013 August 31, “Sea change”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851

    Synonyms: for the present, for the moment, for the time being

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseAt the moment (suggesting a deferral of the likelihood of change).

Similar
for the presentfor the momentfor the time being
Also see
for the momentmeanwhile

Translations

Catalan per ara
  • per araat the moment; until later
Chinese Mandarin 目前, 暫時 /暂时
  • 目前 (mùqián)at the moment; until later
  • 暫時 /暂时 (zànshí)at the moment; until later
Danish indtil videre, foreløbig
  • indtil videreat the moment; until later
  • foreløbigat the moment; until later
Dutch voorlopig
  • voorlopigat the moment; until later
Finnish tällä erää, tällä haavaa
  • tällä erääat the moment; until later
  • tällä haavaaat the moment; until later
French pour le moment, pour l'instant
  • pour le momentat the moment; until later
  • pour l'instantat the moment; until later
German vorerst, erst einmal
  • vorerstat the moment; until later
  • erst einmalat the moment; until later
  • fürs Ersteat the moment; until later
Greek για την ώρα, προς το παρόν
  • για την ώρα (gia tin óra)at the moment; until later
  • προς το παρόν (pros to parón)at the moment; until later
Hungarian egyelőre
  • egyelőreat the moment; until later
Icelandic í bili, núna
  • í biliat the moment; until later
  • núnaat the moment; until later
Italian per ora, per adesso
  • per oraat the moment; until later
  • per adessoat the moment; until later
Norwegian Bokmål inntil videre, foreløpig
  • inntil videreat the moment; until later
  • foreløpigat the moment; until later
Persian فعلا
  • فعلا (fe'lan)at the moment; until later
Polish na razie, póki co
  • na razieat the moment; until later
  • póki coat the moment; until later
Portuguese por enquanto, por ora
  • por enquantoat the moment; until later
  • por oraat the moment; until later
Russian пока́, на да́нный моме́нт
  • пока́ (poká)at the moment; until later
  • на да́нный моме́нт (na dánnyj momént)at the moment; until later
Spanish por ahora, por el momento
  • por ahoraat the moment; until later
  • por el momentoat the moment; until later
Swedish för tillfället, just nu
  • för tillfälletat the moment; until later
  • just nuat the moment; until later
Ukrainian по́ки
  • по́ки (póky)at the moment; until later
Welsh am dro, am y tro
  • am droat the moment; until later
  • am y troat the moment; until later
Cite this entry
APA

for now. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20now

MLA

“for now.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20now. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for now,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20now.

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