present

nouns

the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

"that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

nowadays, present

something presented as a gift

"his tie was a present from his wife"

present

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something acquired without compensation

gift

a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

present, present tense

verbs

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

"She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"

demo, demonstrate, exhibit, present, show

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bring forward and present to the mind

"We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

lay out, present, represent

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presentation

perform (a play), especially on a stage

"we are going to stage `Othello'"

present, represent, stage

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presentment

hand over formally

present, submit

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introduce

"This poses an interesting question"

pose, present

give, especially as an honor or reward

"bestow honors and prizes at graduation"

award, present

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presentation

give as a present; make a gift of

"What will you give her for her birthday?"

gift, give, present

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presenter

deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

"The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"

deliver, present

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cause to come to know personally

"permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

acquaint, introduce, present

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represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

portray, present

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presentment

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presentation

present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

"We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"

confront, face, present

formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

present

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presentation

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cause to come to know personally

"permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

acquaint, introduce, present

recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

"When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"

present, salute

adjectives

temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

"the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"

present

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presentness

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future

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past

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presently existing

"the existing system"

existing

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of the present time and place

"the immediate revisions"

immediate

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in or of the present month

"your letter of the 10th inst"

inst, instant

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belonging to the present or recent times

"the latter-day problems of our society"

latter-day

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the time when something happens

timing

being or existing in a specified place

"the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

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being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"

attendant

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being always present

ever-present

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existing in something specified

"depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream"

existing

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being here now

"is everyone here?"

here

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existing by nature and without artificial aid

"one of the 93 naturally occurring chemical elements"

naturally occurring

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being present everywhere at once

omnipresent, ubiquitous

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the state of being present; current existence

"he tested for the presence of radon"

presence