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English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun)
- (verb)
- (past of "presend")
Etymology 1
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”).
Adjective
present (comparative more present, superlative most present)
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Synonyms: current; see also Thesaurus:present
- Coordinate terms: future, past
up to the present day
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Synonyms: close, nearby; see also Thesaurus:near
- Antonym: absent
Only half of all present members were present at the meeting.
Is there a doctor present?
Several people were present when the event took place.
Being the leader, Jason is always present at class.
- (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting. [16th–18th c.]
- Synonym: presentaneous
- Antonym: slow-acting
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Alteratiues and Corials, corroborating, reſoluing the reliques, and mending the Temperament”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 5, member 1, subsection 5:Amongſt this number of Cordials and Alteratiues, J doe not find a more preſent remedy, then a cup of wine, or ſtrong drinke, and if it be ſoberly and opportunely vſed.
- (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
- Synonyms: instantaneous; see also Thesaurus:instantaneous
- Antonyms: delayed; see also Thesaurus:delayed
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:Sign me a present pardon for my brother,
- (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
a present wit
- (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 1”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
- Near-synonyms: this (determiner), this (pronoun), current
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- Synonyms: audient, heedful, reckful
- Antonyms: distracted, inattentive
Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on.
- (politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention).
Derived terms
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Translations
pertaining to the current time
- Arabic: حَالِيّ (ḥāliyy), حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)
- Armenian: ներկա (hy) (nerka)
- Azerbaijani: hazırkı, indiki
- Bashkir: хәҙерге (xäðerge), бөгөнгө (bögöngö)
- Belarusian: цяпе́рашні (cjapjérašni)
- Bikol:
- Central Bikol: ngunyan (bcl)
- Bulgarian: настоя́щ (bg) (nastojášt), сега́шен (bg) (segášen)
- Catalan: actual (ca), present (ca)
- Cebuano: karon
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 現在的 / 现在的 (zh), 當前 / 当前 (zh) (dāngqián)
- Czech: přítomný (cs), současný (cs)
- Danish: nuværende
- Dutch: tegenwoordig (nl), huidig (nl)
- Esperanto: hodiaŭa, nuna (eo)
- Estonian: praegune (et)
- Finnish: nykyinen (fi), tämänhetkinen (fi)
- French: présent (fr), actuel (fr)
- Galician: presente (gl), actual (gl)
- Georgian: ახლანდელი (axlandeli), აწმყო (ac̣mq̇o)
- German: gegenwärtig (de), jetzig (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (andwairþs)
- Greek: τωρινός (el) (torinós)
- Ancient Greek: παρών (parṓn)
- Hiligaynon: karon
- Hindi: वर्तमान (hi) (vartamān), उपस्थित (hi) (upasthit), हाज़िर (hāzir), मौजूद (hi) (maujūd)
- Hungarian: jelen (hu), jelenlegi (hu)
- Icelandic: nú (is), núna (is), núverandi (is), í nútíðinni
- Ido: prezenta (io)
- Ingrian: nykyin
- Irish: i láithir, láithreach (pertaining to the present tense)
- Italian: presente (it)
- Japanese: 現在の (ja) (げんざいの, genzai no)
- Korean: 현재(現在)의 (hyeonjae-ui)
- Kyrgyz: азыркы (ky) (azırkı), анык (ky) (anık)
- Latgalian: niulīne
- Latin: praesens (la)
- Latvian: tagadne (lv)
- Macedonian: сегашен (segašen)
- Malay: kini (ms)
- Maltese: preżent, issa
- Māori: ināianei, onāianei
- Marathi: उपस्थित (upasthit), हजर (haj̈ar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nåværende
- Nynorsk: noverande
- Old English: andweard
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: کُنونی (konuni)
- Classical Persian: کُنُونِی (fa) (kunūnī)
- Polish: obecny (pl)
- Portuguese: presente (pt), atual (pt)
- Punjabi: ਹਾਦਰ (hādar), ਹਾਜ਼ਰ (hāzar), ਮੌਜੂਦ (maujūd)
- Quechua: kunan
- Romanian: prezent (ro)
- Russian: ны́нешний (ru) (nýnešnij), настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij)
- Scottish Gaelic: làthaireach
- Slovak: súčasný (sk)
- Slovene: sedanji
- Southern Altai: эмдиги (emdigi)
- Spanish: presente (es), actual (es)
- Swedish: nuvarande (sv)
- Tagalog: kasalukuyan, ngayon (tl)
- Tajik: кунунӣ (kununi)
- Turkish: şimdiki (tr), hâlihazırda (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: حاضر (hazır)
- Ukrainian: пото́чний (potóčnyj), тепе́рішній (uk) (tepérišnij)
- Vietnamese: hiện tại (vi) (現在)
- Volapük: presenik (vo)
- Walloon: d' asteure, d' ådjourdu
- Zazaki: amade (diq)
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in the immediate vicinity
- Arabic: مَوْجُود (ar) (mawjūd), حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)
- Armenian: ներկա (hy) sg (nerka), ներկաներ pl (nerkaner)
- Belarusian: прысу́тны (prysútny)
- Bulgarian: присъ́стващ (bg) (prisắstvašt), присъ́ствуващ (bg) (prisắstvuvašt)
- Catalan: present (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 出席 (zh) (chūxí), 在場 / 在场 (zh) (zàichǎng)
- Czech: přítomný (cs)
- Danish: nærværende (da), tilstedeværende, til stede (da)
- Dutch: aanwezig (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉea
- Finnish: paikalla (fi), läsnä (fi) (adverb)
- French: présent (fr)
- Galician: presente (gl)
- German: anwesend (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (andwairþs)
- Greek: παρών (el) (parón)
- Hebrew: נוֹכֵחַ (he) (nokhéakh)
- Hindi: वर्तमान (hi) (vartamān), हाज़िर (hāzir), उपस्थित (hi) (upasthit)
- Hungarian: jelen levő
- Irish: i láthair
- Italian: presente (it)
- Japanese: 出席する (ja) (しゅっせきする, shusseki suru) (verb)
- Korean: 출석하다 (ko) (chulseokhada)
- Kyrgyz: ушул (ky) (uşul), бул (ky) (bul)
- Latin: praesens (la), adsum (la) (verb)
- Macedonian: присутен (prisuten)
- Maltese: preżent
- Marathi: उपस्थित (upasthit), हजर (haj̈ar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: til stede (no)
- Occitan: present (oc)
- Persian:
- Dari: حَاضِر (hāzir)
- Iranian Persian: حاضِر (hâzer)
- Polish: obecny (pl)
- Portuguese: presente (pt)
- Russian: прису́тствующий (ru) (prisútstvujuščij), прису́тствовать (ru) (prisútstvovatʹ) (verb)
- Scottish Gaelic: làthaireach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: при̏сутан
- Latin: prȉsutan (sh)
- Slovak: prítomný
- Slovene: prisoten
- Spanish: presente (es), en presencia, a presencia
- Swedish: närvarande (sv)
- Tajik: ҳозир (tg) (hozir)
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: حاضر (hazır)
- Ukrainian: прису́тній (prysútnij), ная́вний (uk) (najávnyj)
- Urdu: حاضِر (ur) (hāzir), اُپَسْتِھت (upasthit)
- Vietnamese: có mặt (vi), hiện diện (vi) (現面)
- Volapük: komik (vo)
- Walloon: la (wa) (adverb, always with verb "to be")
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Noun
present (plural presents)
- The current moment or period of time.
- Synonyms: now; see also Thesaurus:the present
- (grammar) The present tense.
Derived terms
Translations
current time
- Albanian: tashme (sq) f
- Altai:
- Southern Altai: эмдиги ӧй (emdigi öy)
- Amharic: አሁንነት (ʾähunnät)
- Arabic: الزَّمَان (ar) m (az-zamān), الْحَال m (al-ḥāl), حَاضِر m (ḥāḍir)
- Armenian: ներկա (hy) (nerka)
- Azerbaijani: hal-hazır, hazır (az)
- Bashkir: бөгөнгө көн (bögöngö kön), хәҙерге ваҡыт (xäðerge vaqït)
- Belarusian: сапра́ўднае n (sapráwdnaje), цяпе́рашні час m (cjapjérašni čas), суча́снасць f (sučásnascʹ), суча́снасьць f (sučásnasʹcʹ)
- Bengali: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: настоя́ще (bg) n (nastojášte)
- Burmese: ယခု (my) (ya.hku.), ပစ္စက္ခ (my) (paccakhka.), ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (my) (paccuppan), အခု (my) (a.hku.)
- Catalan: present (ca) m
- Cebuano: karon
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 而家 (yue) (ji4 gaa1 / ji4-1 gaa1), 現在 / 现在 (jin6 zoi6)
- Hakka: 今下 (kîm-ha)
- Hokkien: 現在 / 现在 (zh-min-nan) (hiān-chāi)
- Mandarin: 現在 / 现在 (zh) (xiànzài)
- Coptic: ⲛⲏⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ m (nēetšop)
- Czech: přítomnost (cs) f
- Danish: nutid (da) c
- Dutch: heden (nl) n, huidige tijd c
- Esperanto: nuna tempo, nuntempo
- Estonian: olevik (et)
- Finnish: nykyhetki (fi), nykyisyys (fi), nykyaika (fi)
- French: présent (fr) m
- Galician: presente (gl) m
- Georgian: ახლანდელი დრო (axlandeli dro), აწმყო (ac̣mq̇o)
- German: Gegenwart (de) f, Jetzt (de) n, Jetztzeit (de) f
- Greek: παρόν (el) n (parón)
- Ancient Greek: παρόν n (parón)
- Hebrew: הוֹוֶה / הֹוֶה (he) m (hové)
- Hiligaynon: karon
- Hindi: वर्तमान (hi) m (vartamān)
- Hungarian: jelen (hu)
- Icelandic: nútíð (is) f
- Irish: am i láthair m
- Italian: presente (it) m
- Japanese: 現在 (ja) (げんざい, genzai)
- Kazakh: қазіргі (qazirgi)
- Khmer: បច្ចុប្បន្ន (km) (paccobɑn), វត្តមានកាល (vŏəttaʼmiənĕəʼkaal), វត្តមានា (km) (vŏəttaʼmaanaa)
- Korean: 현재(現在) (ko) (hyeonjae)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
- Kyrgyz: чыныгы (ky) (cınıgı), анык (ky) (anık)
- Lao: ປັດຈຸບັນ (pat chu ban)
- Latin: praesentia (la) f
- Latvian: tagadne (lv) f
- Lithuanian: dabartis (lt) f
- Macedonian: сегашност f (segašnost)
- Maltese: preżent m
- Norman: présent m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nåtid (no) m or f
- Old English: andweardnes f
- Pannonian Rusyn: терашньосц f (terašnʹosc)
- Pashto: please add this translation if you can
- Persian:
- Dari: اَکْنُون (aknūn)
- Iranian Persian: اَکْنون (aknun), حال (fa) (hâl)
- Plautdietsch: Jäajenwuat f
- Polish: teraźniejszość (pl) f
- Portuguese: presente (pt) m
- Quechua: kay pacha
- Romanian: prezent (ro) n
- Russian: настоя́щее (ru) n (nastojáščeje), настоя́щее вре́мя (ru) n (nastojáščeje vrémja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: са̀дашњо̄ст f
- Latin: sàdašnjōst (sh) f
- Sinhalese: වර්තමානය (si) (wartamānaya)
- Slovak: súčasnosť f
- Slovene: sedanjost f
- Spanish: presente (es) m, actual (es) m, ahora (es)
- Swedish: nu (sv) n, nutid (sv) c
- Tagalog: kasalukuyan, ngayon (tl)
- Tajik: ҳозира (hozira), акнун (aknun)
- Tatar: хәзер (tt) (xäzer), хәзерге (xäzerge), хәзерге вакыт (xäzerge waqıt)
- Thai: ประจุบัน (bprà-jù-ban), ปัจจุบัน (th) (bpàt-jù-ban), สมัยใหม่ (sà-mǎi-mài)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: şimdiki zaman
- Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: спра́вжнє n (správžnje), тепе́рішній час (uk) m (tepérišnij čas), сьогоде́ння n (sʹohodénnja), суча́сність f (sučásnistʹ), тепе́рішнє n (tepérišnje)
- Urdu: عَہْدِ حاضِر m ('ahd-i hāzir), حال (ur) m (hāl)
- Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
- Uzbek: hozirgi (uz)
- Vietnamese: hiện tại (vi) (現在)
- Walloon: tins d' asteure m
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Etymology 2
From Middle English presenten, from Old French presenter, from Latin praesentāre (“to show”), from praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“be in front of”).
Noun
present (plural presents)
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- wedding present; birthday present
Oh! Thank you for the presents! How considerate of you!
Only his friends attended his birthday party. They're all broke, so he got no present.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”
- (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
He was at present near the headquarters gates.
- (colloquial, euphemistic, endearing) 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: プレゼント (purezento)
Translations
Verb
present (third-person singular simple present presents, present participle presenting, simple past and past participle presented)
- (ditransitive) To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. [from 14th c.]
to present an envoy to the king
- (intransitive) To appear or represent oneself outwardly.
With your shabby attire, you do not present well as a prospective investment banking associate!
- (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. [from 14th c.]
1971, Sir Keith Vivian Thomas, “3. The Impact of the Reformation”, in Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in popular beliefs in sixteenth and seventeenth century England[1], 1st edition, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited; Folio Society, published 1971, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 74–75:In the diocese of Gloucester in 1548 two inhabitants of Slimbridge were presented for saying that holy oil was ‘of no virtue but meet to grease sheep’.
- (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. [from 14th c.]
- 2020, NFL rule 7 section 4 article 7[2]:
- Note: The offensive team must present a legal formation both before and after a shift.
- (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration. [from 14th c.]
1927, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, “II. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes[3], published 1927, →OCLC, page 49:I do begin to realize that the matter must be presented in such a way as may interest the reader.
2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist[4], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 8 January 2012, page 74:Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.
- (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.). [from 16th c.]
The theater is proud to present the Fearless Fliers.
- (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire. [from 16th c.]
- (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind. [from 16th c.]
Well, one idea does present itself.
- (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom. [from 19th c.]
The patient presented with insomnia.
Symptoms typically present in early childhood.
- (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth. [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
At that time, Elbe was presenting as a man.
August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian:In May 2019, a case was referred to the high court in which social workers for Lancashire county council had sought orders against the parents of two trans children to take the children into care. Social services were alerted when H, the couple’s three-year-old foster child, born male, had gone into school presenting as a girl.
- (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.). [from 20th c.]
- (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone). [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: compliment, bestow
She was presented with an honorary degree for her services to entertainment.
1980, William Cowper, “The Vicissitudes Experienced in a Christian Life”, in Baird, John D., Ryskamp, Charles, editors, The poems of William Cowper (Cantique; 69)[5], revised edition, volume 3, quoted in translated from Madame Guyon and published in 1801, Oxford; New York City: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →ISSN Invalid ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91, lines 117–120:Live thou, and reign, forever, glorious Lord! / My last, least off’ring, I present thee now— / Renounce me, leave me, and be still ador’d! / Slay me, my God, and I applaud the blow.
- (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer. [from 14th c.]
I presented my compliments to Lady Featherstoneshaw.
- (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid. [from 15th c.]
- (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. [from 20th c.]
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty. [from 21st c.]
- 2018, Ninna Ilias, "Reimagining Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Gender Performativity", thesis submitted to Radboud University, page 59:
- Sherlock’s gender performance itself remains unchanged, with the exception of the hormonal changes he goes through after presenting as an omega.
- 2019, Tessa Baron, "Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 17:
- People “present” their secondary genders during puberty, so girls and boys are raised without knowing if they will be alphas, betas, or omegas.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:present.
Derived terms
Translations
to bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally
- Arabic: قَدَّمَ (ar) (qaddama), طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa)
- Hijazi Arabic: قَدَّم (gaddam), عَرَّف (ʕarraf)
- Asturian: presentar (ast)
- Bengali: পেশ করা (bn) (peś kora)
- Bulgarian: представям (bg) (predstavjam)
- Catalan: presentar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 提出 (zh) (tíchū)
- Czech: uvést (cs)
- Danish: præsentere
- Dutch: voorstellen (nl), presenteren (nl)
- Esperanto: prezenti (eo)
- Finnish: esittää (fi), näyttää (fi)
- French: présenter (fr)
- Galician: presentar (gl)
- German: präsentieren (de), vorlegen (de)
- Greek: παρουσιάζω (el) (parousiázo)
- Hebrew: הציג (he) (hitsíg)
- Hungarian: bemutat (hu)
- Icelandic: kynna (is)
- Indonesian: mempersembahkan (id), memperkenalkan (id)
- Italian: presentare (it)
- Japanese: 贈る (ja) (おくる, okuru), 贈呈する (ja) (ぞうていする, zoutei suru), 進呈する (ja) (しんていする, shintei suru)
- Korean: 선사하다 (ko) (seonsahada)
- Kyrgyz: көрсөтүү (ky) (körsötüü), сунуш кылуу (ky) (sunuş kıluu)
- Latin: dono (la), condono
- Maltese: jippreżenta m, jippreżentaw m pl, tippreżenta f, jippreżentaw f pl, jippreżentaw pl
- Occitan: presentar (oc)
- Persian: نمایاندن (fa) (namâyândan), ارائه کردن (fa) (erâ'e kardan)
- Polish: prezentować (pl), przedstawiać (pl)
- Portuguese: apresentar (pt)
- Russian: представля́ть (ru) impf (predstavljátʹ), предста́вить (ru) pf (predstávitʹ)
- Slovene: predstaviti, predstavljati
- Spanish: presentar (es), mostrar (es)
- Swedish: föreställa (sv), introducera (sv), presentera (sv)
- Thai: นำเสนอ (nam-sà-nə̌ə)
- Turkish: sunmak (tr), takdim etmek (tr), kaleme vermek
- Ukrainian: представля́ти (predstavljáty), явля́ти собо́ю (uk) (javljáty sobóju)
- Vietnamese: trình bày (vi)
- Walloon: prezinter (wa)
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to nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution
to offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration
(now rare in English) to charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court
(reflexive) to come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally
to put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit
to make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration
to put on, stage (a play etc.)
military: to point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire
(reflexive) to offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind
medicine: to come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom
medicine: to appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth
(with "as") to appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender)
to act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.)
to give a gift or presentation to (someone)
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: قدم (ʔaddim)
- Armenian: նվիրել (hy) (nvirel)
- Bulgarian: подарявам (bg) (podarjavam)
- Dutch: toewijzen (nl)
- Finnish: myöntää (fi)
- Greek: (award) απονέμω (el) (aponémo), (gift) προσφέρω (el) (prosféro)
- Hungarian: ajándékoz (hu)
- Latin: praebeō
- Malayalam: സമ്മാനിക്കുക (ml) (sammānikkuka)
- Māori: tāpae, whakawhiwhi, tāpaepae
- Polish: wręczać (pl)
- Portuguese: presentear (pt) (a gift), premiar (pt) (an award, prize or trophy)
- Quechua: quy
- Russian: дари́ть (ru) impf (darítʹ), подари́ть (ru) pf (podarítʹ) (a gift), вруча́ть (ru) impf (vručátʹ), вручи́ть (ru) pf (vručítʹ) (a prize or award), презентова́ть (ru) impf or pf (prezentovátʹ)
- Slovene: podeliti
- Spanish: presentar (es)
- Swedish: presentera (sv), överlämna (sv)
- Ukrainian: дарува́ти (daruváty)
- Walloon: bistoker (wa)
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to give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: προπῑ́νω (propī́nō)
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to deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer
to hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid
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)
Etymology 3
Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? English present From presend + -t.
Verb
present
- simple past and past participle of presend
Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1889–1891), “present1, adj. and n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], volume IV, part XVI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4702, columns 2–3.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1889–1891), “present1†, adv.”, in The Century Dictionary […], volume IV, part XVI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4702, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1889–1891), “present2, v.”, in The Century Dictionary […], volume IV, part XVI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4703, columns 1–2.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1889–1891), “present2, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], volume IV, part XVI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4703, column 2.
- “present”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “present”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praesentem. First attested in the 13th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
present m (plural presents)
- present (current moment or period of time)
- (grammar) present (grammatical tense)
Adjective
present m or f (masculine and feminine plural presents)
- present (at a given location)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
Chinese
Etymology
From English present or clipping of English presentation.
Pronunciation
Verb
present
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to present; to give a lecture or speech to an audience
Synonyms
Noun
present
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) presentation (lecture or speech)
References
Danish
Etymology
From French présent, from présenter (“to present”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɛsanɡ/, [pʰʁ̥ɛˈsɑŋ]
Noun
present c (singular definite presenten, plural indefinite presenter)
- (dated) present, gift
- Synonym: gave
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch present, from Middle French present.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prəˈzɛnt/
- Hyphenation: pre‧sent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Adjective
present (comparative presenter, superlative presentst)
- present (not absent)
- Synonym: aanwezig
- Antonyms: absent, afwezig
Declension
Related terms
Noun
present n (plural presenten, diminutive presentje n)
- present, gift
Ladin
Alternative forms
Adjective
present m (feminine singular presenta, masculine plural presenc, feminine plural presentes)
- present
Middle French
Noun
present m (plural presens)
- gift; present
- 1417, La disputation de l'Asne contre frere Anselme Turmeda [7]
Un iour qu'il alloit par ladite cité & passant p[ar] la rue de la mer, veit une guenon dedans un panier & l'acheta pour en faire un present audit conte d'Armignac son parent, pource que en France i'a pas beaucoup de telz animaux.- One day as he was walking through said city and passing through la Rue de Mer, he saw an Old World monkey in a basket and bought it to give it as a present to the Count of Armignac, his father, because there are not many animals like this one in France.
- (grammar) present (tense)
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin praesens.
Noun
present oblique singular, m (oblique plural presenz or presentz, nominative singular presenz or presentz, nominative plural present)
- gift; present
c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:Itant out li Quens un present D'une cupe chiere d'argent- At this moment he presented the Count
With a valuable silver cup
- (grammar) present (tense)
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
present c
- gift, present
Declension
Derived terms
See also
References
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