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# present

«present» in Mova's school dictionary: **a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (present, presents; the present); adjective (present); verb (present, presents, presented, presenting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A present is a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#m1)

2) Present means being here, in this place: «present in class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#m2)

3) The present is now, this time, not the past or the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#m3)

4) To present (pre-ZENT) is to give something formally, or to show and talk about something to a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#m4)

5) In grammar, the present tense tells about now: «I walk». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

gifts that are counted or bought; children present (here) in class; or the present age compared with past and future; in school: the register (present or absent), presenting a project to the class; in grammar: present tense; in history: from the past to the present; phrases: «at present», «present-day», «for the present»

### examples

- She got 7 presents for her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x1)
- 23 pupils are present today and 4 are absent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x2)
- Each present costs 5 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x3)
- His present age is 9; how old will he be in 5 years? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x4)
- We each presented our project to the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x5)
- The head teacher presented the prizes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x6)
- «I play» is in the present tense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x7)
- At present, the shop is closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x8)
- Wrap the present in bright paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x9)
- "Take it pray, as a present!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/#x10)

### note

As «gift», a counted thing; as «here», present + absent = all (23 + 4 = 27). Trap: «present age» means age now; add for the future, take away for the past. Stress: a PREsent (noun, adjective), to preSENT (verb).

### In the corpora

- [A pet is for life: a puppy given as a Christmas present grows up and needs many years of care.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/16/)
- [The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/8/)
- [At present it is only pictures, and ... pictures are not always properly understood.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/19/)
- [Twinkling eyes mean fun and mischief, so she is probably hiding a present.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/18-inference-reading-between-the-lines/8/)
- [Tense shows when something happens: past, present or future.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «present» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/present/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.