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pres.

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pres.

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Definitions ofpres.

1adjective
  • Relating to now, for the time being; current.

    Example: "The barbaric practice continues to the present day."

  • Located in the immediate vicinity.

    Example: "Is there a doctor present?  Several people were present when the event took place."

  • Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
  • Not delayed; immediate; instant.
  • Ready; quick in emergency.

    Example: "a present wit"

  • 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.

    Example: "in the present study,  the present article,  the present results."

  • Attentive; alert; focused.

    Example: "Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on."

1noun
  • The act of presenting, or something presented
  • A dramatic performance
  • An award given to someone on a special occasion
  • Money given as a wedding gift.
  • A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
  • The 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."
  • The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
  • Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
  • The specification of a group by generators and relators.
  • The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
  • The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response
1noun
  • The office or role of president.

    Example: "After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency."

  • The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

    Example: "Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions."

  • The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

    Example: "Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover."

1adjective
  • Pertaining to a president or presidency.
  • Presiding or watching over.
  • With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified.
1adjective
  • Appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
1adjective
  • Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.

    Example: "By late May, he was already considered his party's presumptive nominee."

  • Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.

    Example: "Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren't you and Mark engaged?"

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