English to English
present
('pr/E/z/@/nt
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adjective (a)
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration(adj.all)Example:
The present leader.
Articles for present use.
The present topic.
The present system.
Present observations.
source: wordnet30 - being or existing in a specified place(adj.all)Example:
The murderer is present in this room.
Present at the wedding.
Present at the creation.
source: wordnet30 - Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech(noun.time)Example:
That is enough for the present.
He lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow.
source: wordnet30 - something presented as a gift(noun.possession)Example:
His tie was a present from his wife.
source: wordnet30 - a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.(noun)source: webster1913
- Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.(noun)source: webster1913
- The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience(verb.perception)source: wordnet30
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)(verb.communication)Example:
The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students.
source: wordnet30 - represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture(verb.creation)source: wordnet30
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.(verb.communication)source: wordnet30
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position(verb.communication)source: wordnet30
- To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.(verb)source: webster1913
- To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.(verb)source: webster1913