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Present   /prˈɛzənt/  /prizˈɛnt/  /pərzˈɛnt/   Listen
Present

adjective
1.
Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration.  "Articles for present use" , "The present topic" , "The present system" , "Present observations"  Antonyms: future, past.
2.
Being or existing in a specified place.  "Present at the wedding" , "Present at the creation"  Antonym: absent.
noun
1.
The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.  Synonym: nowadays.  "He lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
2.
Something presented as a gift.
3.
A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking.  Synonym: present tense.
verb
(past & past part. presented; pres. part. presenting)
1.
Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.  Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, show.  "We will demo the new software in Washington"
2.
Bring forward and present to the mind.  Synonyms: lay out, represent.  "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
3.
Perform (a play), especially on a stage.  Synonyms: represent, stage.
4.
Hand over formally.  Synonym: submit.
5.
Introduce.  Synonym: pose.
6.
Give, especially as an honor or reward.  Synonym: award.
7.
Give as a present; make a gift of.  Synonyms: gift, give.
8.
Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea).  Synonym: deliver.
9.
Cause to come to know personally.  Synonyms: acquaint, introduce.  "Introduce the new neighbors to the community"
10.
Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture.  Synonym: portray.
11.
Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.  Synonyms: confront, face.  "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions" , "An enormous dilemma faces us"
12.
Formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc..
13.
Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position.  Synonym: salute.



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"Present" Quotes from Famous Books



... listen, because it was necessary that he have some knowledge of Hallowell's plans. But he could not fix his attention. After a few moments he glanced at his watch, interrupted with, "I think I understand enough for the present. I've stayed longer than I intended. I must go now. When I come again I may perhaps have some plan ...
— The Grain Of Dust - A Novel • David Graham Phillips
... completely under petticoat government. Every corner and nook is built up into some snug, cozy nestling place, some "procreant cradle," not tenanted by meager expectants or whiskered warriors, but by sleek placemen; knowing realizers of present pay and present pudding; who seem placed there not to kill and destroy, but to breed and multiply. Nursery maids and children shine with rosy faces at the windows, and swarm about the courts and terraces. The very soldiers have a pacific look, and when ...
— The Crayon Papers • Washington Irving
... a torrents. Un garcon sortait d'une maison pour aller a la ferme voisine. Un fermier qui rentrait en hate l'apercut et lui cria: "N'as-tu pas peur d'aller dans les champs au milieu de cet orage?—Non, pas a present.—Pourquoi pas a present?—Parce que le maitre d'ecole dit que, d'apres la statistique, la foudre ne frappe qu'une seule personne par an dans ce voisinage, et cette seule personne a deja ete frappee. Par consequent, je me moque pas mal de ...
— French Conversation and Composition • Harry Vincent Wann
... Rome but farther still, Beyond sun-smitten Salamis, The moment took us, till you stooped To find the present with ...
— Helen of Troy and Other Poems • Sara Teasdale
... meeting—perhaps because, from Adela's illness, the order had been interrupted, and the present had ...
— Adela Cathcart, Vol. 3 • George MacDonald


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