Present: adj. and nm (word coming from the Latin praesens, praesentis, from praeesse “to be ahead”).
The word “present” has many meanings:
I) Adjective:
A. Opposed to Absent:
1. Who is in the place, the group where the person who is talking or who is being talked about is.
To be present in, at a place, in someone's house.
Mrs. X., present here, says that…
She was present when the accident happened (witness).
To be present at something (attend).
So-and-so being present, or...
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