Synonyms for presented


Grammar : Adj
Spell : verb pri-zent; noun prez-uhnt
Phonetic Transcription : verb prɪˈzɛnt; noun ˈprɛz ənt


Définition of presented

Origin :
  • c.1300, "existing at the time," from Old French present "evident, at hand, within reach;" as a noun, "the present time" (11c., Modern French présent) and directly from Latin praesentem (nominative praesens) "present, at hand, in sight; immediate; prompt, instant; contemporary," from present participle of præesse "be before (someone or something), be at hand," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + esse "to be" (see essence). Meaning "being there" is from mid-14c. in English. As a grammatical tense, recorded from late 14c.
  • adj bestowed
Example sentences :
  • The week elapsed, and at the end of it, I had not presented myself at his residence.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The budget of the session of 1882 was presented by Mr. Gladstone April 24th.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He gripped the pistols by the barrels, crossed them, and presented the butts to Austin.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • My uncle Antony presented him to me, as a gentleman he had a particular friendship for.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Master received him with cordiality, and presented him to mistress.
  • Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
  • It is in my mind, young sir, that you have not been presented before.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Aggie presented the truth more subtly than could have been expected from her.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • They are presented as good and evil, as vice and virtue, as villainy and heroism.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • The phallic meaning of all this is evident; and a kind of Trinity is presented to us, viz.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • And did she tell you that Mrs. Sloane Schuyler begged to have her presented?
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

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