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Relating to now, for the time being; current.

Located in the immediate vicinity.

(obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting. (18th c.)

(obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.

(dated) Ready; quick in emergency.

(obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.

Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.

Attentive; alert; focused.

(politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)

The current moment or period of time.

(grammar) The present tense.

(gift) A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.

(military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.

To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.

To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.

(rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.

(reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.

To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.

To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.

To put on, stage (a play etc.).

(military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.

(reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.

(medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially (with) a specific symptom.

(medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.

(with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).

To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).

To give a gift or presentation to (someone).

To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.

To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.

To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.

(zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as {{w|lordosis behaviour}}.

(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.