present-dayˈpresent-day adjective [only before noun] 
Examples
present-day Sicily
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The colonists settled near present-day Charleston.
- A superficial reading of this passage might suggest little practical relevance for present-day dealings in employment situations.
- His present-day detractors might well ponder what would have happened to the country had he died.
- In present-day western society, most patients will need some dietary therapy and postural correction.
- In looking at the present-day prison system, I shall draw on all these published sources.
- It provides a useful point of departure for a historian of the present-day civil rights movement in the Soviet Union.
- To do so is perhaps to judge the Renaissance too much by present-day criteria.
- Yesterday's public enemies and villains have a habit of becoming present-day cult figures.
Longman Language Activatorexisting, happening, or relating to now► present
Collocations the present situation is the one that exists now; your present job, address etc is the one that you have now: · Arnaud lived in Los Angeles before moving to his present home in New York.· He warned that the present situation could get much worse.
► existing use this about things or situations that exist now, when you think they may be changed in the future: · The existing building is too small, and there are plans to replace it within the next five years.· Many people feel that the existing law discriminates against women.
► current use this about a situation or activity which is happening now, but which is not expected to continue for a long time: · In the current economic situation, switching careers may not be such a good idea.· Coca-Cola's current advertising campaigncurrent level/rate/price: · The aim is to reduce current pollution levels in the Black Sea.· According to one economist, at the current growth rate, China will have the largest economy in the world by 2030.
► today's/of today use this about social, economic, or political conditions and attitudes that exist now, when you are comparing them with those that existed in the past: · The first computers were extremely slow by today's standards.· The teenagers of today have a different attitude to sex.
► modern-day/present-day a present-day situation, fact, idea etc is one that exists now rather than in the past: · Modern-day equipment has made mining much safer than it was.· There is no modern-day racing driver who could be compared with Fangio.· Prussia reached its zenith in 1795, encompassing most of northern Germany and present-day Poland.
► modern belonging to the present time or most recent time and not to the past: · I don't like modern architecture at all.· The pyramids are a remarkable piece of engineering, even judged by modern standards.· The most compelling work in the modern British theater is being created in the smaller and non-profit theaters.
► contemporary contemporary art, writing, thought, society etc is the type that exists, is accepted, or belongs to, the present time: · Contemporary Indian cinema has its roots in folk culture.· the declining importance of religion in contemporary societies
► topical a story, subject, problem etc that is topical is interesting because it deals with something that is important at the moment: · It's an old story but it has a topical message.· In the 1970s, he recorded topical songs about Watergate and the Vietnam War.· The editor thinks that if an article isn't topical it isn't worth publishing.
► latter-day someone who exists now and is a very similar type of person as someone who existed in the past: · Romer portrayed himself as a latter-day Robin Hood who took money and gave it to the underprivileged.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► society
modern or existing now: · Finally, let us consider some of the major political problems within present-day societies.
present-day Sicily