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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]sent. See Present, a.]
1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at
the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
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Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson.
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2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of
conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing;
as in the phrase, `` Know all men by these presents,''
that is, by the writing itself, `` per has literas
praesentes; '' -- in this sense, rarely used in the
singular.
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3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting
the present tense.
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At present, at the present time; now.
For the present, for the tine being; temporarily.
In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] ``With them, in
present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his
death.'' --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]sent. See Present, a.]
1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at
the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson.
2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of
conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing;
as in the phrase, `` Know all men by these presents,''
that is, by the writing itself, `` per has literas
praesentes; '' -- in this sense, rarely used in the
singular.
3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting
the present tense.
At present, at the present time; now.
For the present, for the tine being; temporarily.
In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] ``With them, in
present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his
death.'' --Milton.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
for the present
prep.phr.
for now
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
for the present
prep.phr.
for now
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
for the present
prep.phr.
for now
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
for the present
prep.phr.
for now
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
for the present /fˈəðə pɹˈɛzənt/
prozatím
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
for the present /fəðə pɹˈɛzənt/
vorläufig, vorerst, zunächst, vorderhand
Synonyms: for the time being, at this stage, at this time
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
for the present /fˈəðə pɹˈɛzənt/
egyenlôre
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
目前，暂时，暂且
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
暂时,一时,眼下
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