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presential

/pɹɪˈzɛnʃiəl/

presential adjective: in-person, on-premises, face-to-face (that is, not involving online, virtual or remote interaction).

Adjective

presential (comparative more presential, superlative most presential)

  1. In-person, on-premises, face-to-face (that is, not involving online, virtual or remote interaction).
    • presential learning
    • presential work
  2. (archaic) Implying actual presence; present.
    • Going a foote, I shall durty my selfe up to my waste; and little men, going alongst our streets, are subject (for want of presentiall apparence) to be justled or elbowed.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter XIII, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • The ſunne and all the ſtarres that do appear / She [Psyche] feels them in herſelf, can diſtance all, / For ſhe is at each one purely preſentiall.1642, H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ [Psychathanasia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Poem of the Immortality of Souls, Especially Mans Soul”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the...
  3. (archaic) Pertaining to the present tense.

Forms of presential

comparativemore presential
superlativemost presential

Origin of presential

From Late Latin praesentiālis.

Words formed from presential

Questions about presential

What does presential mean?
Presential means in-person, on-premises, face-to-face (that is, not involving online, virtual or remote interaction).
What part of speech is presential?
Presential is an adjective.
How do you pronounce presential?
Presential is pronounced /pɹɪˈzɛnʃiəl/.

Words near presential in the dictionary

  1. presenter
  2. presenters
  3. presentership
  4. presentest
  5. presenteth
  6. presential
  7. presentiality
  8. presentially
  9. presentialness
  10. presentiate
  11. presentiation

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