…present (something) again, especially for further consideration or in an altered form…
…(usually as a command) hold a rifle vertically in front of the body as a salute…
…the value in the present of a sum of money, in contrast to some future value it will have when it has been invested at compound interest…
…the present tense used instead of the past in vivid narrative, especially in titles, such as The Empire Strikes Back, and informally in speech, e.g., “so I say to him.”…
…the form of a verb, ending in -ing in English, which is used in forming continuous tenses, e.g., in I’m thinking, alone in nonfinite clauses, e.g., in sitting here, I haven’t a care in the world, as a noun, e.g., in good thinking, and as an adjective, e.g., in running water…
…(of a patient) come forward for or undergo initial medical examination for a particular condition or symptom…
…come forward into the presence of another or others, especially for a formal occasion; appear…
…(of an opportunity or idea) occur and be available for use or exploitation…
…used to suggest that something should be done now rather than later…
…the value in the present of a sum of money, in contrast to some future value it will have when it has been invested at compound interest…
…(of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action that began in the past. The perfect tense is formed in English with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten and they have been eating (since dawn) (present perfect), they had eaten (past perfect), and they will have eaten (future perfect)…
