'At present' definitions:
Definition of 'at present'
From: WordNet
adverb
At the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now- aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" [syn: now, at present]
Definition of 'At present'
From: GCIDE
- Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]sent. See Present, a.]
- 1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. [1913 Webster]
- Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense. [1913 Webster]
- At present, at the present time; now.
- For the present, for the tine being; temporarily.
- In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] "With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'At present'
- For the present,
- In present,
- Present,
- Presentable,
- Presentation,
- Presentative,
- Presented,
- Presenter,
- Presenting,
- Presention,
- Presentive,
- Presentively,
- Presentiveness,
- Presently,
- Presentment,
- Presentness,
- presentably,
- presentational,
- presentism,
- Present tense,
- Present value,
- Present worth,
- Presentation copy,
- birthday present,
- breech presentation,
- christmas present,
- historical present,
- oral presentation,
- present day,
- present moment,
- present participle,
- present perfect,
- present progressive,
- present times,
- public presentation,
- wedding present,
- Presentment of a bill of exchange,
- Re-present,
- Re-presentation,
- clear and present danger,
- ever-present,
- present perfect tense,
- present progressive tense,
- present-day