- 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
- 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:now; here and now, present moment, moment; date; times, modern times, present time, modern world, contemporary world; time being, nonce; today; tonight - present - something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife"
--2 is a kind of gift
--2 has particulars:birthday present, birthday gift; Christmas present, Christmas gift; wedding present, wedding gift Derived form: verb present4 - 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
- 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:Derived forms: noun presentment3, noun presentation4, noun presentation2, noun presentation3
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:Derived form: noun presentation2
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:Derived form: noun presentment3
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:Derived forms: noun present2, noun presentation1, noun presenter1
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:Derived form: noun presentation1
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:Derived form: noun presenter3
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:Derived forms: noun presentation4, noun presentation2
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:Derived forms: noun presentation6, noun presenter2
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:Derived forms: noun presentment3, noun presentation5
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:Derived form: noun presentation6
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:
Somebody ----s