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Webster 1913 Edition


Presentness

Pres′ent-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being present; presence.
[Obs.]
Presentness of mind in danger.”
Clarendon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Presentness

PRES'ENTNESS

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Noun.
s as z. Presence; as presentness of mind. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


presentness

presentness

English

Noun

presentness (usually uncountable, plural presentnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being present, of existing in a place.
    • 2008 March 9, James Traub, “The Celebrity Solution”, in New York Times:
      In recent years, stars have learned that their intense presentness in people’s daily lives and their access to the uppermost realms of politics, business and the media offer them a peculiar kind of moral position, should they care to use it.
  2. The characteristic of being present, of the current time.