Clues for the word "PRESENT"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 138 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 10, 2026.
Definition of present
- a. - Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
- a. - Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
- a. - Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
- a. - Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
- a. - Favorably attentive; propitious.
- a. - Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
- a. - Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
- a. - A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
- a. - To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.
- a. - To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
- a. - To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
- a. - To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
- a. - Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
- a. - To present; to personate.
- a. - To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- a. - To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
- a. - To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment.
- a. - To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries.
- a. - To bring an indictment against .
- a. - To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
- v. i. - To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
- n. - Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
- n. - The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
Referring Clues
- Answering roll call
- Introduce
- Show
- Attending
- Current
- Opposite of away
- On hand
- Here and now
- Roll call response
- On the spot
- Roll-call reply
- It's under wraps
- Show, in a show-and-tell
- Hand over
- Gift
- Roll-call answer
- Something brought to a birthday party
- Birthday party staple
- 1985, for Marty McFly
- It may be under wraps
- In attendance
- A tense
- Box with a bow
- On duty
- Here
- Gift-wrapped item
- It may be brought to a party
- A gift coppers are not happy about
- Get tense here
- Not past or future
- Object to following piano here
- It is given here
- Anchor at hand
- Host appears 4
- Gift - now!
- Here to act as compere
- Gift - here
- Statesman gives off a piece of his mind here
- See 12
- Give - here
- Give - what's received at Christmas?
- Offer
- Quietly take exception to making a donation
- Here to make an introduction
- Here's a gift
- Introduce formally
- In class
- Grant top American without identity
- Current able to be registered
- Christmas gift offer
- Object tied to piano here and now
- Introduce and compere tense show
- Gift of pence - consider as an affront
- It may be given with a bow
- There now!
- The here and now
- Give to, for now
- Trump losing papers here?
- Tense show
- A tense "Hand it over"
- Offering to be there
- Tense when you hand over
- Now, this is on the house
- Posted earlier now
- Birthday staple
- Give
- Bring this to a birthday party
- What might be set under the item hidden in this puzzle
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 25, 2025
- Daily American - October 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 18, 2025
- New York Times - April 07, 2025
- Daily American - March 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 24, 2025
- New York Times - December 25, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 30, 2024
- New York Times - October 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 11, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 17, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2023
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