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(verb) bring forward; "We presented the arguments to him" |
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Synonyms: lay out |
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Related Words: argue, indicate, reason, say, state, tell |
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(verb) formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. |
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Related Words: acquaint, introduce, present |
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(verb) hand over formally |
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Synonyms: submit |
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Related Words: bring in, give |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: future, past |
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(adjective) spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" |
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Antonyms: absent |
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(verb) introduce; "This poses an interesting question" |
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Synonyms: pose |
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Related Words: be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent |
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(adjective) (grammar) a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that exist at the moment |
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(noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking |
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Synonyms: present tense |
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Related Words: historical present, tense |
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(noun) something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" |
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Related Words: Christmas gift, Christmas present, birthday gift, birthday present, gift, wedding gift, wedding present |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: nowadays |
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Related Words: contemporary world, date, here and now, modern times, modern world, moment, nonce, now, present moment, present time, time, time being, times, today, tonight |
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(verb) assume a position; in the military |
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Synonyms: salute |
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Related Words: greet, recognize |
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(verb) make known |
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Synonyms: acquaint, introduce |
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Related Words: bring out, inform, introduce, present, reacquaint |
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(verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" |
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Synonyms: deliver |
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Related Words: mouth, speak, speechify, talk, utter, verbalize |
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(verb) represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a coward in this play" |
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Synonyms: portray |
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Related Words: commend, interpret, represent |
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(verb) perform (a play), esp. on a stage; "we are going to stage "Othello" |
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Synonyms: stage |
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Related Words: localize, place, re-create, set |
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(verb) give, esp. as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" |
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Synonyms: award |
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Related Words: allocate, apportion, bestow, certificate, confer |
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(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; ""We confronted him with the evidence" |
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Synonyms: confront, face |
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(verb) give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
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Synonyms: gift, give |
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Related Words: bequeath, bung, cede, deed over, deliver, distribute, donate, dower, endow, give away, give out, give up, grant, hand out, leave, raffle, raffle off, render, submit, surrender, tender, tip, treat, will |
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(verb) show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" |
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Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, show |
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Related Words: bring home, show |
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