Meaning

5 senses

  1. The current moment or period of time.

    Gegenwart, Jetzt, Jetztzeit

    настоя́щееnastojáščeje, настоя́щее вре́мяnastojáščeje vrémja

    спра́вжнєsprávžnje, тепе́рішній часtepérišnij čas, сьогоде́нняsʹohodénnja

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

  2. The present tense.

  3. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.

    wedding present

    birthday present

  4. The position of a soldier in presenting arms.

    The platoon stands at present.

    He was at present near the headquarters gates.

  5. (colloquial, endearing, euphemistic)Poo; feces.

    I think our toddler's just left us a little present in his diaper...

    She has to deal with her cats' presents in the litterboxes on a daily basis, and she doesn't mind one bit.

Examples

2299 sentences

  1. All of the students were present.

    Усі учні були присутні. — Wordowl

    ruПрисутствовали все студенты. — sharptoothed

    deAlle Schüler waren da. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Each child was given a present.

    Кожна дитина отримала подарунок. — aandrusiak

    ruКаждому ребёнку дали подарок. — shanghainese

    deAlle Kinder erhielten ein Geschenk. — Sudajaengi

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  3. Were you present at the meeting?

    Ти був на зустрічі? — deniko

    ruВы были на собрании? — marafon

    deHaben Sie an der Besprechung teilgenommen? — Bellinger

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  4. This is a present for you.

    Це подарунок для тебе. — shanghainese

    ruЭто подарок для тебя. — elsteris

    deDas ist ein Geschenk für dich. — MUIRIEL

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  5. I bought them each a present.

    Я купив кожному з них по подарунку. — deniko

    ruЯ им всем купил по подарку. — Hellerick

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
current time:
Русский
By meaning 1
current time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
current time:

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”).

From Middle English presenten, from Old French presenter, from Latin praesentāre (“to show”), from praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“be in front of”).

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Forms

plural: presents

Synonyms

3 synonyms
current time:nowA1
Close in meaning
  • a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking:present tense
  • the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech:nowadays

Word family

11 related words
Deriveddramatic presentethnographic presentliterary presentnarrative presentpresent-dayspecious presentpresentivepresentlesscompresentpressiepush present

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a birthday present
  • be present at
  • present at today's
  • birthday present
  • christmas presents
  • a present for
  • present at the
  • a christmas present
  • birthday present for
  • will be present
  • buy a present
  • a nice present

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prescribeB2prescriptionB1presenceB1presentablepresentationB1presenterB2presently

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.

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