present : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb at the present moment
  now.
  
  • goods now on sale
  • the now-aging dictator
  • they are now abroad
  • he is busy at present writing a new novel
  • it could happen any time now

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• at the present time; now.

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• noun a present given in celebration of a person's birthday
  birthday gift.
  

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• noun a present given at Christmas time
  Christmas gift.
  

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• noun a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged
  
  • no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety

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• adjective satellite being always present
  

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• for the tine being; temporarily.

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• noun the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states
  

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• at once, without delay. Obs. "With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death." Milton.

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• (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command.

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• noun at this time
  moment; here and now.
  
  • the disappointments of the here and now
  • she is studying at the moment

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• noun a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing
  

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
  present perfect.
  
  • `I have finished' is an example of the present perfect

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
  present perfect.
  
  • `I have finished' is an example of the present perfect

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• noun a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
  present progressive.
  

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• noun a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
  present progressive.
  

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• noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
  present.
  

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• (Gram.), the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do write.

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• noun the circumstances and ideas of the present age
  modern world; contemporary world; modern times.
  
  • in modern times like these

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• adjective satellite belonging to the present time
  contemporary.
  
  • contemporary leaders

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Re`-pre*sent" transitive verb

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1. To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.

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• noun a present given to someone getting married
  wedding gift.
  

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