present
/ˈpɹɛz.ənt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to now, for the time being; current.
Example Sentences
- "The barbaric practice continues to the present day."
- "The present manager has been here longer than the last one."
- "up to the present day"
- "All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place."
- "Only half of all present members were present at the meeting."
- "Is there a doctor present?"
Etymology
From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”). Displaced Old English andweard (“present, current”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹɛz.ənt/
- British English: /ˈpɹɛz.ənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more present (comparative)
most present (superlative)
præsent (alternative, archaic)
ps. (alternative, abbreviation)
presents (plural)
presents (present, singular)
presenting (participle, present)
presented (participle, past)
presented (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
all-present
all present and correct
at present
at the present time
present company excepted
present participial
ever-present
historical present