Usually means: Current moment in time now.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word present:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. present: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. present, the present: Merriam-Webster
  3. present, present, present: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. present, present: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. present, the present: Collins English Dictionary
  6. present: Vocabulary.com
  7. Present, present, present: Wordnik
  8. present, the present: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. present: Wiktionary
  10. present: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. present: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. present: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. present, the present: Dictionary.com
  14. present (adj.), present (n.), present (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. present: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. PRESENT (cipher), PRESENT, Present (Bonnie Pink album), Present (Donghae & Eunhyuk EP), Present (Sun Electric album), Present (Timbaland & Magoo album), Present (Van der Graaf Generator album), Present (Yuki Uchida album), Present (band), Present (disambiguation), Present, The Present (album), The Present (film), The Present (play), The Present: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Present: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. present: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. present: Rhymezone
  20. Present: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. present: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. PRESENT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  23. present: FreeDictionary.org
  24. present: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  25. present: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. present: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. present: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Present (time), present: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. present: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. present: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Present (time), present: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. present (n.): Cats
  3. PRESENT: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. present: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. present: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Relating to now, for the time being; current.
adjective:  Located in the immediate vicinity.
adjective:  (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
adjective:  (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
adjective:  (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
adjective:  (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
adjective:  Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
adjective:  Attentive; alert; focused.
adjective:  (politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
noun:  The current moment or period of time.
noun:  (grammar) The present tense.
noun:  A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
noun:  (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
verb:  To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
verb:  (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
verb:  (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
verb:  (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.
verb:  (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
verb:  (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
verb:  (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
verb:  (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
verb:  (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
verb:  (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
verb:  (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
verb:  (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
verb:  (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
verb:  (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
verb:  (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
verb:  (transitive) To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
verb:  (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
verb:  (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
verb:  (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
verb:  (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.

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