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in present

in present prepositional phrase: at once, without delay.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (obsolete) At once, without delay.
    • With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death.1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC

Questions about in present

What does in present mean?
In present means at once, without delay.
What part of speech is in present?
In present is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in present in the dictionary

  1. in potentia
  2. in potentiâ
  3. in power
  4. in practice
  5. in prejudice of
  6. in present
  7. in pride
  8. in prime twig
  9. in principal
  10. in principle
  11. in print

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