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present
noun (NOW) /ˈprez.ənt/Definition
the present B1 [S] › the period of time that is happening now, not the past or the future: That's all for the present. The play is set in the present. → See also presentlyNow the present (tense) A1 [S] the form of the verb that is used to show what happens or exists now: All the verbs in this text are in the present. at present B1 formal › now: "Are you busy?" "Not at present." At present she's working abroad.Now
(Definition of present noun (NOW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Days & times of day
- Days, & parts of the week
- Decades, centuries & the millennium
- Describing age & birthdays
- Describing people who are old
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- Describing when something happened or will happen
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- Frequency & regularity - general words
- Immediately
- In the future & soon
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- Names of months
- New
- Old or old-fashioned
- Pauses & interludes
- Periods of time - general words
- Physically and mentally mature & immature
- Points in time
- Rarely & infrequently
- Relating to regular periods of time
- Relating to time
- Schedules & agendas
- Short in time
- Specific periods of time
- Spending time & time passing
- Stages & phases
- Stages of life
- Temporary
- The seasons
- Turning points & deciding moments
- Until a particular moment
- Watches & clocks
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Synonyms and related words:
- contemporary adjective (EXISTING NOW)
- day noun
- even adverb (SURPRISE)
- existing adjective
- here adverb
- hereupon adverb
- just adverb (NOW)
- moment noun (OCCASION)
- now adverb (AT PRESENT)
- nowadays adverb
- ongoing adjective
- present adjective (NOW)
- present-day adjective
- prevailing adjective
- right adverb (EXACTLY)
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- time noun (PERIOD)
- today adverb, noun
- topical adjective (HAPPENING NOW)
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