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at present

at present prepositional phrase: currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.

Prepositional phrase

  1. 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

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
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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

  1. at peace
  2. at peace with
  3. at places
  4. at play
  5. at pleasure
  6. at present
  7. at rack and manger
  8. at random
  9. at rest
  10. at right angles to
  11. at risk

Source and license

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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