present
- Adjective. Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Adjective. Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Adjective. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting. (defdate, 16th-18th c.) .
- Noun. The current moment or period of time.
- Noun. The present tense.
- Noun. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- Verb. (transitive) To reveal, to show.
- Verb. (transitive, legal) To offer to a court or legislature for consideration.
- Verb. (transitive) To demand that a drawee pay, or that the presenter's bank accept, (a draft).
- Verb. (transitive) To award a trophy, gift, etc, to.
- Verb. (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.