Present

Pres•ent [ˈprez(ə)Nt]
Adjective
Similar to: Past, Future
== Origin ==
#Latin: Beesse
#Latin: Prae (Before)
#Latin: Praeesse
#Latin: Praesent- (Being at hand)
#Old French: Præsentí
#Then: Present (Middle English)
== Meanings ==
#In a particular place.
##Existing or occurring in a place or thing.
##Fully focused on or involved in what one is doing or experiencing.
#Existing or occurring now.
##Now being considered or discussed.
##[Grammar] Expressing an action now going on or habitually performed, or a condition now existing.
#The period of time now occurring.
##A present tense.
#Now.
== Examples ==
#A doctor must be present at the ringside.
#Organic molecules are present in comets.
#You have to put everything out of your mind and be really present.
#She did not expect to find herself in her present situation.
#The present article cannot answer every question.
#They are happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present.
#The verbs are all in the present.
#Membership at present stands at about 5,000
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