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present1 /prezˈənt/ adjective- Being here or in the place in question, opp to absent
- Ready at hand
- Found or existing in the thing in question
- Now under view or consideration
- Now existing, not past or future
- Denoting a verb tense used to express an action happening or condition existing just now, or for making general statements (grammar)
- (of a verb or participle) in or of the present tense (grammar)
- Immediate
- (with to) having a place in, entering into (the thoughts, mind, etc; old)
- (of a person, the mind, etc) attentive to the matter in hand, not absent or abstracted (obsolete)
noun- The present time
- The present tense
- A verb in the present tense
- The present business or occasion
- The present document or (in pl) writings (law, etc)
ORIGIN: OFr, from L praesēns, -sentis present presenteeˈism noun Attendance at a place of work beyond the required hours, so as to be seen to be enthusiastic presˈently adverb - At present, now (obsolete or Scot and N American)
- Before long, in a while
- Directly, immediately
- Necessarily, inevitably, ipso facto (old)
- For the time being (obsolete)
- At once (obsolete)
presˈentness noun presˈent-day adjective Belonging to or found in the present time, contemporary present value noun The current value of a sum of money as opposed to its value in the future after having been invested at present At the present time, now for the present - As far as concerns the present time, for the moment
- Now, for the time being
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