be present at something

  • 41Something Sacred — Infobox musical artist 2 Name = Something Sacred Members = Chino XL Playalitical Img capt = Something Sacred Album Cover Background = solo singer Members = Chino XL Playalitical Died = Origin = Los Angeles, California, Denver, Colorado, United… …

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  • 42present — [13] The Latin adjective praesēns ‘at hand, now here’ originated as the present participle of praeesse ‘be before one’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae ‘in front’ and esse ‘be’. English acquired it via Old French present, the same… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43present — [13] The Latin adjective praesēns ‘at hand, now here’ originated as the present participle of praeesse ‘be before one’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae ‘in front’ and esse ‘be’. English acquired it via Old French present, the same… …

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  • 44present — /prɪ zent/ verb to give a talk about or demonstration of something ● I’ve been asked to present at the sales conference. ● The HR director will present the new staff structure to the Board …

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  • 45present value — /ˌprez(ə)nt vælju:/ noun 1. the value something has now ● In 1984 the pound was worth five times its present value. 2. the value now of a specified sum of money to be received in the future, if invested at current interest rates. Abbreviation PV… …

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  • 46something comes home to roost — someone s chickens come home to roost or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost …

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  • 47present someone with — give (something) to someone in such a way. → present …

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  • 48present company excepted — British, American & Australian, humorous, American, humorous something that you say which means that the criticism you have just made does not describe the people who are listening to you now. People just don t know how to dress in this country,… …

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  • 49present sense impression — noun A statement made by a person (the declarant) that conveys his or her sense of the state of an event or the condition of something, made spontaneously while the person was perceiving (i.e. contemporaneous with) the event or condition, or… …

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  • 50present — pres·ent || preznt n. current time, now; tense expressing the current time (Grammar) n. gift, offering, something that is given to another person without compensation v. display, demonstrate; bestow, grant, give; offer, serve, hold out; show,… …

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