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English Dictionary: at present by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at present
adv
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): now, at present
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]sent. See {Present}, a.]
      1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at
            the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
  
                     Past and present, wound in one.         --Tennyson.
  
      2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of
            conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing;
            as in the phrase, [bd] Know all men by these presents,[b8]
            that is, by the writing itself, [bd] per has literas
            praesentes; [b8] -- in this sense, rarely used in the
            singular.
  
      3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting
            the present tense.
  
      {At present}, at the present time; now.
  
      {For the present}, for the tine being; temporarily.
  
      {In present}, at once, without delay. [Obs.] [bd]With them,
            in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his
            death.[b8] --Milton.
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