Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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- S: (n) present, nowadays (the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech) "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
- S: (n) present (something presented as a gift) "his tie was a present from his wife"
- S: (n) present, present tense (a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking)
- S: (v) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate (give an exhibition of to an interested audience) "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
- S: (v) present, represent, lay out (bring forward and present to the mind) "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
- S: (v) stage, present, represent (perform (a play), especially on a stage) "we are going to stage `Othello'"
- S: (v) present, submit (hand over formally)
- S: (v) present, pose (introduce) "This poses an interesting question"
- S: (v) award, present (give, especially as an honor or reward) "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"
- S: (v) give, gift, present (give as a present; make a gift of) "What will you give her for her birthday?"
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- S: (v) regift (give a present that one has received to someone else) "she regifted that ugly scarf she received from her aunt"; "when I regift I hope the person likes the gift better than I do"
- S: (v) endow, dower (furnish with an endowment) "When she got married, she got dowered"
- S: (v) distribute, give out, hand out, pass out (give to several people) "The teacher handed out the exams"
- S: (v) give away (make a gift of) "She gave away her antique furniture"
- S: (v) raffle, raffle off (dispose of in a lottery) "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas"
- S: (v) tip, fee, bung (give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on) "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"
- S: (v) bequeath, will, leave (leave or give by will after one's death) "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
- S: (v) devise (give by will, especially real property)
- S: (v) pass on (give to or transfer possession of) "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law"
- S: (v) propagate (transmit from one generation to the next) "propagate these characteristics"
- S: (v) hand down (passed on, as by inheritance) "This ring was handed down through many generations"
- S: (v) remember (show appreciation to) "He remembered her in his will"
- S: (v) fee-tail, entail (limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs)
- S: (v) surrender, cede, deliver, give up (relinquish possession or control over) "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
- S: (v) yield up (surrender, as a result of pressure or force)
- S: (v) sell (give up for a price or reward) "She sold her principles for a successful career"
- S: (v) sign away, sign over (formally assign ownership of) "She signed away her rights"
- S: (v) grant, deed over (transfer by deed) "grant land"
- S: (v) treat (provide with a gift or entertainment) "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
- S: (v) donate (give to a charity or good cause) "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"
- S: (v) pledge, subscribe (pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals) "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"
- S: (v) tender (offer or present for acceptance)
- S: (v) render, submit (make over as a return) "They had to render the estate"
- derivationally related form
- sentence frame
- S: (v) deliver, present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)) "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
- S: (v) introduce, present, acquaint (cause to come to know personally) "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
- S: (v) portray, present (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture) "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
- S: (v) confront, face, present (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize) "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
- S: (v) present (formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.)
- S: (v) salute, present (recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position) "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
- S: (adj) present (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration) "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"
- S: (adj) present (being or existing in a specified place) "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"