at present
at present prepositional phrase: currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.
Prepositional phrase
- Currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.
- ...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion
- One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766
- Synonyms:
- right now, at the moment
at present meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
at present in Tamil
- தற்சமயம், இப்போது
at present in Marathi
- currently
- सध्या sadhyā
at present in Urdu
- at present
- موجودہ maujūdah
at present in Telugu
- at present, just now
- ప్రస్తుతము prastutamu
More languagesFewer languages
- at present in Malayalam
- ഈ സമയത്ത്, ഇപ്പോൾ, അദ്യൈവ, അധുനാ
- at present in Odia
- ଅଧୁନା adhunā
Synonyms of at present
Questions about at present
- What does at present mean?
- At present means currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.
- What is at present in Tamil?
- At present in Tamil is தற்சமயம், இப்போது. See At present meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is at present?
- At present is a prepositional phrase.
Words near at present in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: at present (page history and authors); at present (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); موجودہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ప్రస్తుతము (Telugu) (page history and authors); at present (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ଅଧୁନା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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