present
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈprɛzənt/
:
presente
- There are always two inclines leading into the present: the past and the future.
- past and present
- present and future
- exist at present
But I don't want the present, I want reality.
- But I don't want the present, I want reality.
- They represent the present and the future.
- And it's actually about the past, the present and the future.
- I mean, it is, but the present is the time.
- He chooses what the future becoming present will actually look like.
- But what about the climate and life in our present in our future as well?
Examples
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The present is great, really.
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That would bring the past into the present.
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In all cases, we leave the present and return to the past.
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The past, for many people is always present for them.
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And we hear your message about the present and the future too.
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We're talking about the present.
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Honour the past, embrace the present, shape the future.
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But what do we learn when we train our glance on the present rather than on the past?
Academic text (2013) -
Every national project includes understandings of the present as a transition between a past and a future.
Academic text (1999) -
I can think of no better time than the present to extend our hand in friendship.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A very short time or a particular point in time
∞
1.0
The time we are living in now
70
3.5
The time and place you are in now
37
3.5
The present time that people often compare with the past
29
3.4
The present time when people share common ideas and ways of life
16
3.1
The time now with the common ideas and ways people live
15
3.1
The recent period of history from the Industrial Revolution to today
15
2.1
The time that is happening now
4
1.0
The present moment when something is happening
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
7
7.6
A legal rule that allows stopping speech when it poses a serious, obvious threat to public safety
- Specialized
1
3.3
A verb form made by adding -ing that shows an action happening now or that describes a noun
- Specialized
Use present tense to tell past events as if they are happening now
- Specialized
A verb tense using has or have been plus -ing for actions started in the past and still continuing
- Specialized
A verb form using has/have been plus -ing to show an action that started in the past and continues now
- Specialized
A verb tense used to talk about actions that happened before now and still matter
- Specialized
A verb form showing actions happening now using am, is, or are plus -ing
- Specialized
A verb tense for actions and facts that happen often and are true now
- Specialized
A small ending added to a verb to show present time, like the -s in runs
- Specialized
A verb tense that talks about regular actions, facts, and situations that are true now
How Recent
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16
3.3
5
4.4
18
3.3
8
4.8
- Archaic
1
9.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Present meaning the time now comes from the Latin praesens, which meant 'being near' or 'at hand'. So the present is the time that is 'at hand' — right now.