the present time

Roget category 118

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.2. Relative time

#118. The Present Time

noun

the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion — the times, the existing time, the time being — today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century — nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour.
age, time of life.

adjective

present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is — present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment.

adverb

at this time, at this moment etc. 113 — at the present time etc. n. — now, at present — at hand.
at this time of day, today, nowadays — already — even now, but now, just now — on the present occasion — for the time being, for the nonce — pro hac vice.
[Lat.] — on the nail, on the spot — on the spur of the moment, until now — to this day, to the present day.

phrase

the present hour alone is man's" [Johnson].

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