PRESENT

Definition of PRESENT

  1. (verb)give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  2. (verb)bring forward and present to the mind
  3. (verb)perform (a play), especially on a stage
  4. (verb)hand over formally
  5. (verb)offer for others to consider
  6. (verb)give, especially as an honor or reward
  7. (verb)give as a present; make a gift of
  8. (verb)deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
  9. (verb)cause to come to know personally
  10. (verb)represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
  11. (verb)present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
  12. (verb)formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
  13. (verb)recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
  14. (noun)the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
  15. (noun)something presented as a gift
  16. (noun)a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
  17. (adj)temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
  18. (adj)being or existing in a specified place