Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
pertaining to the current time:
in the immediate vicinity:
Русский
By meaning 2
pertaining to the current time:
in the immediate vicinity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
pertaining to the current time:
in the immediate vicinity:

Examples

1283 sentences
  1. All of the students were present.

    Усі учні були присутні. — Wordowl

    ruПрисутствовали все студенты. — sharptoothed

    deAlle Schüler waren da. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Not all of the students were present.

    Були присутні не всі студенти. — deniko

  3. That is why he wasn't present at the meeting.

    Ось чому його не було на зустрічі. — aandrusiak

    ruВот почему он отсутствовал на совещании. — odexed

Meaning

9 senses
  1. Relating to now, for the time being; current.

    The barbaric practice continues to the present day.

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

    gegenwärtig, jetzig

    ны́нешнийnýnešnij, настоя́щийnastojáščij

    пото́чнийpotóčnyj, тепе́рішнійtepérišnij

  2. Located in the immediate vicinity.

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

    Is there a doctor present?

    anwesend

    прису́тствующийprisútstvujuščij, прису́тствоватьprisútstvovatʹ

    прису́тнійprysútnij, ная́внийnajávnyj

  3. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.

    Near-synonyms: this (determiner), this (pronoun), current

    in the present study; the present article; the present results

More meanings 6
  1. Attentive; alert; focused.

    Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on.

  2. Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)

  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.

    a present wit

  6. (obsolete)Favorably attentive; propitious.

More definitions
  • temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
  • being or existing in a specified place

Origin

From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, pres

From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”). Displaced Old English andweard (“present, current”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more present, most present
Comparativemore present Lesson
Superlativemost present Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Located in the immediate vicinity:closeA1
Relating to something a person is referring to in the…:thisA1currentB1
(obsolete)Having an immediate effect:presentaneous
(obsolete)Not delayed:instantaneousC2

Antonyms

8 antonyms
in vicinity:absentB1
having an immediate effect:slow-acting

Word family

40 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • a birthday present
  • be present at
  • present at today's
  • birthday present
  • Christmas presents
  • a Christmas present
  • birthday present for
  • Christmas present for
  • Christmas present from

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

present — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto