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for the present

for the present prepositional phrase: for now.

Prepositional phrase

  1. For now.

for the present meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

for the present in Tamil

தற்சமயத்திற்காக, இந்நேரத்திற்கு, இப்போதைக்கு

for the present in Malayalam

for now, for the time being, for the moment
ഇപ്പോഴത്തേക്ക്, കുറച്ച്നേരത്തേക്ക്, തത്ക്കാലം, തൽക്കാലത്തേക്ക്, തെല്ലുനേരത്തേക്ക്, ഇടവേളയിലേക്ക്

Questions about for the present

What does for the present mean?
For the present means for now.
What is for the present in Tamil?
For the present in Tamil is தற்சமயத்திற்காக, இந்நேரத்திற்கு, இப்போதைக்கு. See For the present meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is for the present?
For the present is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for the present in the dictionary

  1. for the meantime
  2. for the moment
  3. for the most part
  4. for the nonce
  5. for the plot
  6. for the present
  7. for the record
  8. for the rest
  9. for the sake of
  10. for the taking
  11. for the time

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: for the present (page history and authors); for the present (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); for the present (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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