Transcription
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- [prez-uh nt dey]
- /ˈprɛz ənt deɪ/
- /ˈpreznt deɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [prez-uh nt dey]
- /ˈprɛz ənt deɪ/
Definitions of present-day word
- adjective present-day current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English. 1
- adjective present-day Present-day things, situations, and people exist at the time in history we are now in. 0
- noun present-day of the modern day; current 0
- adjective present-day of the present time 0
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Origin of present-day
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Present-day
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
present-day popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for present-day
adj present-day
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- common knowledge — something widely or generally known
- contempo — contemporary
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
adjective present-day
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- commenced — Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
- existent — Having reality or existence.
- extant — (especially of a document) still in existence; surviving.
- neoteric — modern; new; recent.
Top questions with present-day
- what present-day state was originally a part of pennsylvania?
- what present-day european capital city was founded by vikings?
- ancient babylon was located in what is now present-day?
- which explorer explored the present-day northeastern united states?
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