Present

/ˈpɹɛz.ənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Relating to now, for the time being; current..

Definitions by Sense

1. Relating to now, for the time being; current.
2. Located in the immediate vicinity.
3. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
4. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
5. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
6. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
7. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
8. Attentive; alert; focused.

Example Sentences

The barbaric practice continues to the present day.

The present manager has been here longer than the last one.

up to the present day

All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.

Only half of all present members were present at the meeting.

Is there a doctor present?

Several people were present when the event took place.

Being the leader, Jason is always present at class.

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Antonyms for present

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Word Forms

• more present
• most present
• præsent
• ps.
• presents
• presenting
• presented

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