Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: nowadays |
2. | present - something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" | |
3. | present - a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking Synonyms: present tense | |
Verb | 1. | present - show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" |
2. | present - bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" | |
3. | present - perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" | |
4. | present - hand over formally Synonyms: submit | |
5. | present - introduce; "This poses an interesting question" Synonyms: pose | |
6. | present - give, especially as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" Synonyms: award | |
7. | present - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" | |
8. | present - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" Synonyms: deliver | |
9. | present - cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" | |
10. | present - represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" Synonyms: portray | |
11. | present - 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" | |
12. | present - formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. | |
13. | present - recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" Synonyms: salute | |
Adj. | 1. | present - 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" |
2. | present - spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" Antonyms: absent - not in a specified place physically or mentally |
PRESENT. A gift, or wore properly the thing given. It is provided by the constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 9, n, 7, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, [the United States] shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, or office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
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