Translation
already; now, by now
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Examples
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He has already arrived.
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It was night already.
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Enough has been said by now.
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He is no longer a boy.
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Even at that time this matter was known.
places an event against the moment you are standing in. With a past tense it is "already", with a present "now, by now", with a future "presently". Negated it flips to "no longer": and both do that job, and follows the same pattern. It is an adverb, so it governs no case, and it stacks happily with other time words ( , "already at that point").
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iam: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 6: iam, hic, enim and 8 more words.