present time

The here, now

Present time is now—the current moment as distinct from past or future.

The phrase often appears in formal or philosophical contexts: At the present time, no cure exists.

In grammar, present time refers to verb tenses describing current or ongoing actions.

For the present time suggests a temporary state that may change.

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contemporary · today · flow state · being · awareness · breath · transient · ongoing · here and now · mindfulness · fleeting · immediacy · as we speak · consciousness · live broadcast · here · existence · happening

Opposites
temporal location

present timepast

Time already gone

future · history · antiquity · yesteryear · days of yore

temporal immediacy

present timedistant past

Long-ago era

deep time · eternity · eons ago · geological time

temporal permanence

present timeeternity

Boundless temporal existence

timelessness · perpetuity · forever

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G