present participle of present

Of, or pertaining to, presentation(s).

(grammar) A clause using existential "there" with a verb other than a form of "be", as in "There followed a brief silence".

plural of presentity

for now

Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind. / (ecclesiastical law) Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that a patron has the right to present.

(grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.

Occurring before or in preparation for a criminal sentence

(philosophy) The view that neither the future nor the past exist (events and entities that are wholly past or wholly future do not exist at all). / The belief that only current phenomena are relevant.

The characteristic of being present, of existing in a place. / The characteristic of being present, of the current time.