Meanings
- not comparableStarting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.
Coordinate term: from then on
3 more examples
Aubrey gazed at the fire. He wanted to say that he intended from now on to do a little haunting on his own account but he did not know just how to break it gently.
1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC"You speak of lowly! You, once a slave whore whose only purpose wad bed hopping! You, a Cultellrin whore! You may be a queen, but that ends now! This moment! From now on you are nothing more than my bedwarmer! You'd better pray to your god that I never tire of you, for if I do, I'll split your gut all the way up to your neck!"
1983, Ran Cartwright, The Darkening"I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use the Gents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use the Ladies' from now on. I trust none of you will grass on me..."
2004, David Nobbs, Sex and Other Changes, page 95Synonyms: as of now, going forward, hereafter, moving forward, from hereon out, anymore, any more, as of now
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbStarting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.
Translations
Ancient Greek εἰσοπίσω
- εἰσοπίσω (eisopísō)from now, indefinitely
Arabic مِنَ الآنَ فَصَاعِدًا, اِنْطِلَاقًا مِنَ الْآنِ
- مِنَ الآنَ فَصَاعِدًا (mina l-ʔāna faṣāʕidan)from now, indefinitely
- اِنْطِلَاقًا مِنَ الْآنِ (inṭilāqan mina l-ʔāni)from now, indefinitely
Bulgarian отсега нататък
- отсега нататък (otsega natatăk)from now, indefinitely
Catalan d'ara endavant, d'avui endavant
- d'ara endavantfrom now, indefinitely
- d'avui endavantfrom now, indefinitely
Chinese Mandarin 從此 /从此, 從此以後 /从此以后
- 從此 /从此 (cóngcǐ)from now, indefinitely
- 從此以後 /从此以后 (cóngcǐ yǐhòu)from now, indefinitely
- 此後 /此后 (cǐhòu)from now, indefinitely
- 今後 /今后 (jīnhòu)from now, indefinitely
Danish fra nu af, fra og med nu
- fra nu affrom now, indefinitely
- fra og med nufrom now, indefinitely
Dutch voortaan, van nu af aan
- voortaanfrom now, indefinitely
- van nu af aanfrom now, indefinitely
Finnish tästedes, tästä lähtien
- tästedesfrom now, indefinitely
- tästä lähtienfrom now, indefinitely
- tästä lähinfrom now, indefinitely
- tästä eteenpäinfrom now, indefinitely
- vastedesfrom now, indefinitely
French à partir de maintenant, dorénavant
- à partir de maintenantfrom now, indefinitely
- dorénavantfrom now, indefinitely
- désormaisfrom now, indefinitely
- à présentfrom now, indefinitely
- à compter d'aujourd'huifrom now, indefinitely
- à l'avenirfrom now, indefinitely
German ab jetzt, von jetzt an
- ab jetztfrom now, indefinitely
- von jetzt anfrom now, indefinitely
Greek από εδώ και στο εξής
- από εδώ και στο εξής (apó edó kai sto exís)from now, indefinitely
Hungarian mostantól, mostantól fogva
- mostantólfrom now, indefinitely
- mostantól fogvafrom now, indefinitely
- mostantól kezdvefrom now, indefinitely
- ettől fogvafrom now, indefinitely
- a jövőbenfrom now, indefinitely
- a továbbiakbanfrom now, indefinitely
- ezutánfrom now, indefinitely
Indonesian untuk kedepannya
- untuk kedepannyafrom now, indefinitely
Irish uaidh seo amach, as seo amach
- uaidh seo amachfrom now, indefinitely
- as seo amachfrom now, indefinitely
- feastafrom now, indefinitely
Italian d'ora in avanti, d'ora in poi
- d'ora in avantifrom now, indefinitely
- d'ora in poifrom now, indefinitely
Japanese 今から, これから
- 今から (ima kara)from now, indefinitely
- これから (kore kara)from now, indefinitely
- 今後 (kongo)from now, indefinitely
Korean 이제부터, 지금부터
- 이제부터 (ijebuteo)from now, indefinitely
- 지금부터 (jigeumbuteo)from now, indefinitely
- 앞으로 (apeuro)from now, indefinitely
- 금후 (geumhu)from now, indefinitely
Latin posthāc
- posthācfrom now, indefinitely
Latvian turpmāk
- turpmākfrom now, indefinitely
Norwegian Bokmål fra nå av, fra og med nå
- fra nå avfrom now, indefinitely
- fra og med nåfrom now, indefinitely
Polish od teraz
- od terazfrom now, indefinitely
Portuguese de agora em diante, de hoje em diante
- de agora em diantefrom now, indefinitely
- de hoje em diantefrom now, indefinitely
- doravantefrom now, indefinitely
Russian с э́того моме́нта, отны́не
- с э́того моме́нта (s étovo moménta)from now, indefinitely
- отны́не (otnýne)from now, indefinitely
- впредь (vpredʹ)from now, indefinitely
- в дальне́йшем (v dalʹnéjšem)from now, indefinitely
Scottish Gaelic o seo a-mach, bho seo a-mach
- o seo a-machfrom now, indefinitely
- bho seo a-machfrom now, indefinitely
- à seo a-machfrom now, indefinitely
Spanish de ahora en adelante, de aquí en adelante
- de ahora en adelantefrom now, indefinitely
- de aquí en adelantefrom now, indefinitely
- en lo sucesivofrom now, indefinitely
- a partir de ahorafrom now, indefinitely
- desde hoy en adelantefrom now, indefinitely
Swedish från och med nu, framöver
- från och med nufrom now, indefinitely
- framöverfrom now, indefinitely
Tagalog mula ngayon
- mula ngayonfrom now, indefinitely
Tamil இனிமேல்
- இனிமேல் (iṉimēl)from now, indefinitely
Turkish bundan böyle, artık
- bundan böylefrom now, indefinitely
- artıkfrom now, indefinitely
- şu andan itibarenfrom now, indefinitely
Ukrainian відтепе́р, з цього́ моме́нту
- відтепе́р (vidtepér)from now, indefinitely
- з цього́ моме́нту (z cʹohó moméntu)from now, indefinitely
- відни́ні (vidnýni)from now, indefinitely
Vietnamese từ giờ trở đi
- từ giờ trở đifrom now, indefinitely
Welsh o hyn allan, o hyn ymlaen
- o hyn allanfrom now, indefinitely
- o hyn ymlaenfrom now, indefinitely
Yiddish פֿון יעצט אָן
- פֿון יעצט אָן (fun yetst on)from now, indefinitely
Cite this entry
from now on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20now%20on
“from now on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20now%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from now on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20now%20on.
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