Meanings
- Currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.
...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...
1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion2 more examples
One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].
1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 7662011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 115, Underground natural gas storages are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas storages worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas storages, salt-cave gas storages and aquifer storages.
Synonyms: right now, at the moment
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseCurrently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbat the present moment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian понастоящем
- понастоящем (ponastojaštem)currently
Chinese Mandarin 现在, 当前
- 现在currently
- 当前 (dāngqián)currently
Esperanto estantece
- estantececurrently
Finnish parhaillaan, tällä hetkellä
- parhaillaancurrently
- tällä hetkelläcurrently
French à présent
- à présentcurrently
German momentan, aktuell
- momentancurrently
- aktuellcurrently
- gegenwärtigcurrently
Hungarian jelenleg
- jelenlegcurrently
Irish faoi láthair, adrásta
- faoi láthaircurrently
- adrástacurrently
Italian al momento
- al momentocurrently
Polish obecnie, aktualnie
- obecniecurrently
- aktualniecurrently
Russian теперь
- теперь (teperʹ)currently
Scottish Gaelic an latha an-diugh
- an latha an-diughcurrently
Swedish för närvarande
- för närvarandecurrently
Turkish şu an
- şu ancurrently
Cite this entry
at present. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20present
“at present.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20present. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at present,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20present.
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