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• present — I EXISTING OR HAPPENING NOW ♦♦ (Pronounced [[t]pre̱z(ə)nt[/t]] in present 1, 2, and 3, and [[t]prɪze̱nt[/t]] in present 4.) 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use present to describe things and people that exist now, rather than those that existed in the past or… …   English dictionary

• present — 1. adj. & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.) being in the place in question (was present at the trial). 2 a now existing, occurring, or being such (the present Duke; during the present season). b now being considered or discussed etc. (in the present case) …   Useful english dictionary

• Present Truth Magazine — [Logo has capitalization of Present Truth magazine yet it is written as Present Truth Magazine in an [http://www.presenttruthmag.com/archive/XXXVI/36 1.htm article] ] is an evangelical Christian magazine, started by Robert Brinsmead, a former… …   Wikipedia

• present sense impression — present sense im·pres·sion n: an out of court statement that describes or explains an event or condition and that was made during or immediately after the time the event or condition was perceived; also: an exception to the hearsay rule allowing… …   Law dictionary

• Present Laughter — is a comedic play written by Noel Coward in 1939 and first staged in 1942 as part of a double bill with his lower middle class domestic drama This Happy Breed ; later the double bill was expanded to include Coward s new play Blithe Spirit .… …   Wikipedia

• present — [prez′ənt; ] for v. [ prē zent′, prizent′] adj. [OFr < L praesens, prp. of praeesse, to be present < prae , before (see PRE ) + esse, to be (see ESSENCE)] 1. a) being at the specified or understood place; at hand; in attendance b) existing… …   English World dictionary

• Present — Pre*sent , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Presenting}.] [F. pr[ e]senter, L. praesentare, fr. praesens, a. See {Present}, a.] 1. To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• present — pre‧sent [prɪˈzent] verb [transitive] 1. to make a speech introducing an idea, plan etc to be considered: • a lack of evidence presented by prosecutors present something to somebody • The company has until July to restructure its debt and present …   Financial and business terms

• present participle — present participles N COUNT In grammar, the present participle of a verb is the form which ends in ing . Present participles are used to form continuous tenses, as in She was wearing a neat blue suit . They are often nouns, as in I hate cooking… …   English dictionary

• Présent — is a French newspaper (published five days a week), from the environment of the right wing National Front. It was founded in 1982 and has barely journalists with notoriety. Présent also represents a traditional legal Catholicism …   Wikipedia

• present perfect, the — noun LINGUISTICS in English, a verb tense that expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past, or that started in the past and continues. The tense is formed by combining the present tense of have and the past participle of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English