adjective / noun
present
The time now or something belonging to it.
The present situation calls for a calm response.
Etymology
Latin praesens means being here or at hand. Applied to time, it identifies what is immediately at hand now.
More examples
- Try to focus on the present rather than the past.
- At present, the office is closed.
- Our present home is smaller than the last one.
Forms
present
Similar words
- current
- Describes what exists or applies now.
- contemporary
- Belonging to the same period, which need not be now.