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present-day

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pres·ent-day (prznt-d)
adj.
Now in existence or progress; current: present-day attitudes about the family.
present-day
n
(modifier) of the modern day; current I don't like present-day fashions
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.present-day - belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"
contemporary
current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
present-day
adjective current, modern, present, recent, contemporary, up-to-date, latter-day, newfangled Even by present-day standards, these were huge aircraft.
Translations
present-day [ˈprezntˈdeɪ] ADJ → actual, de hoy(en día)
present-day Spain → la España actual or de hoy(en día)
present-day
adj attr morality, problems, fashions → heutig; present-day Britain → das heutige Großbritannien
present-day [ˈprɛzntˌdeɪ] adj → attuale, d'oggigiorno, di oggi
present-day [ˈprɛzntˌdeɪ] adj → attuale, d'oggigiorno, di oggi


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(the historians do not accuse him of that)- had not the same conception of the welfare of humanity fifty years ago as a present-day professor who from his youth upwards has been occupied with learning: that is, with books and lectures and with taking notes from them.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
This is partly because the amount of thoroughly great literature which they produced is small, and partly because for present-day readers it is in effect a foreign literature, written in early forms of English or in foreign languages, so that to-day it is intelligible only through special study or in translation.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
"Dick," he said earnestly, "if only you'd believe it, the adventures in the Arabian Nights were as nothing compared with the present-day drama of foreign politics.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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