noun
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The current moment or period of time.
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The present tense.
adjective
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Relating to now, for the time being; current.
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The barbaric practice continues to the present day.
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Located in the immediate vicinity.
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Is there a doctor present? Several people were present when the event took place.
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Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
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Not delayed; immediate; instant.
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Ready; quick in emergency.
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a present wit
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Favorably attentive; propitious.
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Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
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in the present study, the present article, the present results.
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Attentive; alert; focused.
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Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on.
Examples of present in a Sentence
Let him present his side.
The present is better than the past.
Carmen asked, setting a freshly-wrapped present aside.
In other words, food is present, but some cannot afford it.
He stopped thinking about the past and his gaze seemed to come to the present.
He'd nearly reached the end of the alley when the hair on the back of his neck rose like it did when a Watcher was present, only this was no Watcher.
At present, they win hands down on "less expensive" and put in a decent showing on a couple more factors.
They are going to give me a lovely present, but I cannot guess what it will be.
Outside of that time Señor Medena and Felipa were both present every minute that Tessa was there.
If her present methods were not working, she might simply decide to take Destiny and run – if Destiny was what she wanted.
This is not a defense of our present age; we will come to our own report card soon enough.
The first fifteen years of the nineteenth century in Europe present an extraordinary movement of millions of people.
Another opportunity will present itself I'm sure, but not where I might be identified with my perfect house on wheels and electric bicycle.
Current events—our present life—was all we wanted.
But that, too, is a function of present technology.
At present there is no library of any sort in the town.
Should I not fund elimination of the present strain?
The sultriness was present, along with the calm steadiness of her blue gaze.
He saw only the Present, like fractured scenes of a movie where the actors continually changed their lines and settings.
The business of Martha's bones took a back seat to her present whereabouts and the touchy problem of Mr. Fitzgerald.
There was no way I was going to brief Howie on all that had happened, how his living room is covered in blood and his house has been ransacked; not in his present state of mind.
The meadow was a tranquil site, far removed from main roads of present day habitation.
Maybe this man had a seedy past – or present, life.
At present I feel like a jungle on wheels!
In her present frame of mind, facing her father would be easy.
Gabe strode to the lectern and watched the words of the Present being written across the pages.
To describe ending hunger in the future, I have only these tarnished terms of the present at my disposal.
What you loved about me is present in your current mate.
It is a clumsy and unsatisfactory way of receiving communication, useless when Miss Sullivan or some one else who knows the manual alphabet is present to give Miss Keller the spoken words of others.
Napoleon, after making the Cossack a present, had him set free like a bird restored to its native fields.
She wished to pray but did not dare to, dared not in her present state of mind address herself to God.
Carmen went back to wrapping her present.
Fortunately, there was no opportunity to discuss the situation with the children present.
I opined to keep Quinn and Martha out of the picture, at least at present.
New arrivals and departures at Bird Song were nonexistent as all present guests were staying at least through the weekend.
He thought it was a present from me, being his oldest friend.
The first error is to assert that history unfolds in a basically linear fashion, that there is a fundamental continuity between the past, present, and future.
From Miss Sullivan's part of this report I give her most important comments and such biographical matter as does not appear elsewhere in the present volume.
Their hiding place was safe for the present.
Cynthia talked him out of it until more was learned of Fitzgerald's present whereabouts.
In other cases the leaf-gaps are very broad and long, the meristeles separating them being reduced to comparatively slender strands, while there is present in each gap a network of fine vascular threads, some of which run out to the leaf, while others form cross-connections between these leaf-trace strands and also with the main cauline meristeles.
Having received all his orders Alpatych, wearing a white beaver hat--a present from the prince--and carrying a stick as the prince did, went out accompanied by his family.
In such a state of affairs, whatever your ultimate plans may be, the interest of Your Majesty's service demands that the army should be rallied at Smolensk and should first of all be freed from ineffectives, such as dismounted cavalry, unnecessary baggage, and artillery material that is no longer in proportion to the present forces.
Felipa said nothing as she wrapped the last present.
The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered.
So you gave him a send-off present?
We need each element present.
One might argue that manipulating the Future and unfettered access to the present provides more than enough influence.
Dean promised himself to keep driving past the building if the deputy Larkin's car was in evidence, but only the sheriff's vehicle was present.
Sure, Dean thought, I'll put it on the list, right after food, clothing and shelter, all of which were tough enough to fund given Bird Song's present budget.