Definitions
1.adjectiveRelating to now, for the time being; current."The barbaric practice continues to the present day."
2.adjectiveLocated in the immediate vicinity."Is there a doctor present? Several people were present when the event took place."
3.adjectiveHaving an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
4.adjectiveNot delayed; immediate; instant.
5.adjectiveReady; quick in emergency."a present wit"
6.adjectiveFavorably attentive; propitious.
7.adjectiveRelating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this."in the present study, the present article, the present results."
8.adjectiveAttentive; alert; focused."Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on."
9.nounThe act of presenting, or something presented
10.nounA dramatic performance
11.nounAn award given to someone on a special occasion
12.nounMoney given as a wedding gift.
13.nounA lecture or speech given in front of an audience
14.nounThe symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
15.nounThe position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
16.nounOffering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
17.nounThe specification of a group by generators and relators.
18.nounThe act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
19.nounThe preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response
20.nounThe office or role of president."After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency."
21.nounThe bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president."Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions."
22.nounThe time during which one is president; a president's term of office."Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover."
23.adjectivePertaining to a president or presidency.
24.adjectivePresiding or watching over.
25.adjectiveWith the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified.
26.adjectiveAppearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
27.adjectiveBased on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief."By late May, he was already considered his party's presumptive nominee."
28.adjectiveMaking presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not."Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren't you and Mark engaged?"