now that

Conjunction

Meaning

now that

As a consequence of the fact that; since.
Synonyms: as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because
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 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

Examples

The law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. Paul

Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing - to learn to live on earth as human beings. George Bernard Shaw

I looked at my hands, to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything the sun came like gold through the trees, and over de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven. Harriet Tubman

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. Robert Orben

Good advice once was worth a camel; now that it is free of charge, no one takes it. Lebanese Proverb

Now that I have an ewe and a lamb, every one says to me: Good morrow, Peter. Spanish Proverb

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