present-day

adjective

In existence now; current or contemporary.

Meanings

adjectivepresent-day (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn existence now; current or contemporary.

    The new bridge (6) gives headroom of 13ft at high tide, sufficient for present-day river traffic.

    1963 April, “Chepstow Bridge is rebuilt”, in Modern Railways, page 265, photo caption
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    Antlers and horns have been the insignia of devils and black magicians from time immemorial, and are worn by present-day witch doctors.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 19

    As for the present diesel main line units of 2,000 to 2,300 h.p. on the London Midland and Western Regions, they can offer little more than the maintenance of present-day schedules - well below modern European speed standards - [...].

    1960 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 110

    Ch'üan Ch'i was the scion of a great family of Feng-yang in Shang-lo [in present-day Shensi province].

    1973 [1962], Mark Elvin, quoting Tanigawa Michio, “Sino-barbarian synthesis in north China”, in The Pattern of the Chinese Past: A Social and Economic Interpretation, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 46

    The ancient Kingdom of Ruoqiang controlled the rest of present-day Ruoqiang County, while today’s Qiemo (Qarqan) County was the territory of the ancient State of Qiemo, and the ancient walled city of Washixia in present-day Ruoqiang County was possibly its capital.

    The Silk Road, Past and Present

    1989, Che Muqi [车慕奇], “Places of Historic Interest, Scenic Beauty, and Revolutionary Relics”, in 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62

    The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.

    2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, Yale University Press; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324

    Synonyms: modern

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIn existence now; current or contemporary.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebelonging to the present time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian съвременен
  • съвременен (săvremenen)in existence now
Dutch vandaag de dag
  • vandaag de dagin existence now
Esperanto aktuala
  • aktualain existence now
Finnish nykypäivän, nykyajan
  • nykypäivänin existence now
  • nykyajanin existence now
  • tämän päivänin existence now
Hindi वर्तमान
  • वर्तमान (vartamān)in existence now
Japanese 現代
  • 現代 (gendai)in existence now
Polish aktualny, dzisiejszy
  • aktualnyin existence now
  • dzisiejszyin existence now
  • współczesnyin existence now
  • teraźniejszyin existence now
Russian в на́ши дни
  • в на́ши дни (v náši dni)in existence now
Spanish actual, hodierno
  • actualin existence now
  • hodiernoin existence now
Swedish dagens
  • dagensin existence now
Turkish günümüz …-i
  • günümüz …-iin existence now
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