1. Give an exhibition of to an interested audience
   - show, demo, exhibit, demonstrate, showcase 
2. Bring forward and present to the mind
   "We presented the arguments to him"
   - represent, lay out 
3. Perform (a play), especially on a stage
   - stage, represent 
4. Hand over formally
   - submit 
5. Introduce
   - pose 
6. Give, especially as an honour or reward
   - award 
7. Give as a present; make a gift of
   - give, gift 
8. Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
   "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
   - deliver 
9. Cause to come to know personally
   - introduce, acquaint 
10. Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
    - portray 
11. Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
    - confront, face 
12. Formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. 
13. Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
    - salute

1. Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
   "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" 
2. Being or existing in a specified place
   "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

1. The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
   "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
   - nowadays 
2. Something presented as a gift
   "his tie was a present from his wife"
   - prezzie [Brit], pressie [Brit] 
3. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
   - present tense

Derived forms: presents, presenting, presented

See also: attendant, ever-present, existing, here, immediate, inst, instant, latter-day, naturally occurring, omnipresent, presence, presentation, presenter, presently, presentment, presentness, timing, ubiquitous

Type of: allocate, apportion, be, comprise, constitute, gift, give, greet, inform, interpret, make up, mouth, recognise [Brit], recognize, re-create, represent, say, show, speak, state, talk, tell, tense, time, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Antonym: absent, future, past

Encyclopedia: Present

• out of the frying pan and into the fire
• out of the frying pan into the fire
• out of the question
• out of the way
• out of thin air
• out of this world
• out of touch
• out of true
• out of tune
• out of use
• out of view
• out of wedlock
• out of whack
• out of work
• out to
• out to lunch
• out-and-out
• out-and-outer
• out-basket
• out-herod
• out-migration
• out-of-body experience
• out-of-court settlement
• out-of-date
• out-of-door