the present
Not past, future
The present is the current moment—now, as opposed to the past or future.
It also names a gift: She brought a present for the birthday boy.
The phrase at present means currently.
For the present means for now, temporarily: Let's leave things as they are for the present.
- instantBriefest unit of time
- immediateHappening without delay
- momentBrief period of time
- living in the momentAwareness of present experience
- currentDirected flow of charge
gift · gift giving · wrapped gift · now · right now · at this time · carpe diem · unwrap · mindfulness · consciousness · awareness · being · actuality · here and now · today · offering · real-time · existence
the presentthe past
All elapsed time
history · antiquity · yesterday · tomorrow · former times
the presentmemory
Mind's retention capacity
anticipation · expectation · nostalgia · recollection · retrospection
the presenteternity
Boundless temporal existence
timelessness · the eternal · the void · potentiality · permanence
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