## Meanings
1. Something you give to someone as a gift.
2. Being in a particular place; not absent.
3. Relating to now; current.
4. To give, show, or offer something formally.

## Examples
- My tie was a present from my children.
- Only half of the members were present at the meeting.
- The barbaric practice continues to the present day.
- The speaker presented her ideas to the students.

## Synonyms
- contemporary
- current
- hodiern
- instantaneous
- modern
- near
- nearby
- present-day

## Antonyms
- absent
- delayed
- distracted
- future
- inattentive
- past
- slow-acting

## Derived Forms
- all-present
- compresent
- copresent
- corsepresent
- ever-present
- hyperpresent
- malpresent
- mispresent
- multipresent
- nonpresent
- omnipresent
- overpresent

## Related Forms
- gift
- presence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: present
- Root: praesens
- Root: prae-

## Etymology
From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”).

## AI Etymology
Present comes from Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”). The historical chain includes present (Middle English), present (Old French), praesens (Latin), prae- (Latin). In present-day English it covers something you give to someone as a gift, being in a particular place; not absent, and relating to now; current. The wider family includes derived forms such as all-present, compresent, copresent, corsepresent, ever-present and related forms such as gift, presence.

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