Definitions for presents
presents
pres·ent
Spelling: [prez-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈprɛz ənt/
Presents is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 246 anagrams from letters in presents (eenprsst).
Definitions for presents
noun
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the present time.
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Grammar.
the present tense.
a verb formation or construction with present meaning.
a form in the present.
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presents, Law. the present writings, or this document, used in a deed of conveyance, a lease, etc., to denote the document itself:
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Obsolete. the matter in hand.
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a thing presented as a gift; gift:
Idioms
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at present, at the present time or moment; now:
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for the present, for now; temporarily:
adjective
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being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current:
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at this time; at hand; immediate:
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Grammar.
noting an action or state occurring at the moment of speaking or writing: Knows is a present form in He knows that.
noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation with such meaning.
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being with one or others or in the specified or understood place:
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being here:
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existing or occurring in a place, thing, combination, or the like:
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being actually here or under consideration:
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being before the mind.
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Obsolete. mentally alert and calm, especially in emergencies.
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Obsolete. immediate or instant.
verb (used with object)
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to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act:
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to bring, offer, or give, often in a formal or ceremonious way:
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afford or furnish (an opportunity, possibility, etc.).
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to hand over or submit, as a bill or a check, for payment:
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to introduce (a person) to another, especially in a formal manner:
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to bring before or introduce to the public:
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to come to show (oneself) before a person, at a place, etc.
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to show or exhibit:
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to bring forth or render for or before another or others; offer for consideration:
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to set forth in words; frame or articulate:
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to represent, impersonate, or act, as on the stage.
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to direct, point, or turn (something) to something or someone:
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to level or aim (a weapon, especially a firearm).
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Law.
to bring against, as a formal charge against a person.
to bring formally to the notice of the proper authority, as an offense.
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British Ecclesiastical. to offer or recommend (a member of the clergy) to the bishop for institution to a benefice.
verb (used without object)
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Medicine/Medical.
(of a fetus) to be visible at the cervix during labor:
(of a medical condition) to be evident from the presence of certain symptoms:
(of a patient) to have a certain symptom or medical condition, especially as reported during a medical examination:
Origin of presents
1250-1300; (adj.) Middle English Old French Latin praesent- (stem of praesēns) present participle of praeësse to be present, before others, i.e., to preside, be in charge; (noun) Middle Engli
Examples for presents
Peter was not in the habit of making her presents of flowers.
The closing lecture also presents questions that Chomsky never answers—mainly one of alternatives.
As of Friday, just how the final publication would play out remained a mystery, like so many Christmas presents under the tree.
Instead, it presents, what all too few of us to-day possess, a philosophy of life.
The prizes are impressive and give a window into just what sort of presents people give the pope.
Besides the great feast, presents were given to all present, high and low.
An easing of tensions between al Qaeda and ISIS presents dangers for America in its military campaign in the Levant.
This is quite as much why they make him presents, as because they know him to be needy.
All the second story had been prepared for guests and presents.
America presents two contradictory narratives that it struggles to reconcile.