present-day
present-day adjective: in existence now; current or contemporary.
Adjective
present-day (not comparable)
- In existence now; current or contemporary.
- Antlers and horns have been the insignia of devils and black magicians from time immemorial, and are worn by present-day witch doctors.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 19
- As for the present diesel main line units of 2,000 to 2,300 h.p. on the London Midland and Western Regions, they can offer little more than the maintenance of present-day schedules - well below modern European speed standards - [...].1960 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 110
- Synonyms:
- modern
present-day meaning in Hindi and Malayalam
present-day in Hindi
- in existence now
- वर्तमान vartamān
present-day in Malayalam
- contemporary, current, present
- ഇക്കാലത്തുള്ള, സമകാലികം, ഇന്നു നിലവിലുള്ള, കാലിക, കാലീന, ഇദാനീന്തന
Examples of present-day in a sentence
- The new bridge (6) gives headroom of 13ft at high tide, sufficient for present-day river traffic.1963 April, “Chepstow Bridge is rebuilt”, in Modern Railways, page 265, photo caption:
- Ch'üan Ch'i was the scion of a great family of Feng-yang in Shang-lo [in present-day Shensi province].1973 [1962], Mark Elvin, quoting Tanigawa Michio, “Sino-barbarian synthesis in north China”, in The Pattern of the Chinese Past: A Social...
- The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New...
Synonyms of present-day
Questions about present-day
- What does present-day mean?
- Present-day means in existence now; current or contemporary.
- What is present-day in Hindi?
- Present-day in Hindi is वर्तमान (vartamān). See Present-day meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use present-day in a sentence?
- The new bridge (6) gives headroom of 13ft at high tide, sufficient for present-day river traffic.
- What part of speech is present-day?
- Present-day is an adjective.
Words near present-day in the dictionary
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