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Adjective present has 2 senses
- 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"
Antonyms: future, approaching, forthcoming, upcoming, coming, future day, in store, prospective, proximo, prox, emerging, rising, past, ancient, bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone, chivalric, knightly, medieval, early, erstwhile, once, onetime, quondam, sometime, former, previous, historic, historical, last, late, recent, old, olden, prehistoric, prehistorical, then, ultimo, ult, ago, agone, other
- 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, away, gone, departed, introuvable, lacking, missing, nonexistent, wanting, truant, awol, devoid
Noun present has 3 senses
- present, nowadays - the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
--1 is a kind of time
--1 has particulars:
- present - something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife"
--2 is a kind of gift
--2 has particulars:
- present, present tense - a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
--3 is a kind of tense
--3 has particulars: historical present
Verb present has 13 senses
- show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate - show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
--1 is one way to show
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- present, represent, lay out - bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
--2 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- stage, present, represent - perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
--3 is one way to re-create
Sample sentence:
Did he present his major works over a short period of time?
- present, submit - hand over formally
--4 is one way to give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- present, pose - introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
--5 is one way to constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- award, present - give, especially as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"
--6 is one way to allocate, apportion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give, gift, present - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- deliver, present - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
--8 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- introduce, present, acquaint - cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
--9 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- portray, present - represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
--10 is one way to represent, interpret
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- confront, face, 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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody with something
- present - formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
--12 is one way to introduce, present, acquaint
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- salute, present - recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
--13 is one way to greet, recognize, recognise
Sample sentence:
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