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present

/ˈpɹezənt/PREH-zuhnt
/ˈpɹɛzənt/PREH-zuhnt

Meaningbeing in front

Common meaning: here now

Other meanings: also, to offer

‘before’ + ‘being’ → present

Journey through time

  1. Latinpraesens‘being at hand’source
  2. Frenchpresent‘present’source
  3. Englishpresent‘here now’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin -sēns (as in praesēns); esse ‘being’.

Roots

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