present
English
/ˈpɹɛzənt/, /pɹɪˈzɛnt/, /pɹəˈzɛnt/
adj
Definitions
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
- (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
- (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
- (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English present borrowed from Old French present derived from Latin praesent-, praesens, prae- (before, in front, in front of, pre-).
Origin
Latin
prae-
Gloss
before, in front, in front of, pre-
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Christmas English
- Christmas present English
- all-present English
- compresent English
- compresently English
- copresent English
- copresenter English
- corse English
- corsepresent English
- hyperpresent English
- mispresent English
- multipresent English
- nonpresent English
- nonpresentable English
- nonpresentist English
- omnipresent English
- omnipresently English
- presentability English
- presentable English
- presentableness English
- presentably English
- presentative English
- presentatively English
- presentativeness English
- presentee English
- presenteeism English
- presenter English
- presentest English
- presenteth English
- presentism English
- presentist English
- presentive English
- presentively English
- presentiveness English
- presentless English
- presently English
- presentment English
- presentness English
- pressie English
- telepresent English
- telepresenter English
- unpresent English
- unpresentability English
- unpresentable English
- prae- Latin
- praesent-, praesens Latin
- praesēns Latin
- Präsens German
- pre- Italian
- prelevare Italian
- omniprésent French
- présent French
- présentement French
- présenter French
- pre- Spanish, Castilian
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- pre- Portuguese
- クリスマスプレゼント Japanese
- プレゼント Japanese
- pre- Middle English
- present Middle English
- present Danish
- present Old French
- pre- Catalan, Valencian
- pre- Galician
- พรีเซ็นเตอร์ Thai
- prezenta Ido
- persent Norman
- présent Norman
- presentable Middle French
- corse
- pressie
- copresent
- unpresent
- Christmas
- presenter
- presentee
- presently
- presentism
- presenteth
- presentest
- presentist
- presentive
- compresent
- nonpresent
- mispresent
- all-present
- presentment
- omnipresent
- presentably
- telepresent
- copresenter
- presentable
- presentless
- presentness
- presentively
- corsepresent
- hyperpresent
- multipresent
- presentative
- presenteeism
- compresently
- nonpresentist
- unpresentable
- telepresenter
- omnipresently
- presentatively
- presentability
- nonpresentable
- presentiveness
- presentableness
- unpresentability
- presentativeness
- Christmas present