Crossword clues for for the present
for the present
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]sent. See Present, a.]
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Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
Past and present, wound in one.
--Tennyson. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, `` Know all men by these presents,'' that is, by the writing itself, `` per has literas praesentes; '' -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
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(Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
At present, at the present time; now.
For the present, for the tine being; temporarily.
In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] ``With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death.''
--Milton.
Wiktionary
adv. for now
Usage examples of "for the present".
He was safe for the present, and the supply of food that the rock afforded was amply sufficient to sustain life in him for many days, but it was impossible that he could remain for many days concealed.
And if for the present thou seem to give way, and to suffer confusion which thou hast not deserved, be not angry at this, nor by impatience diminish thy reward.
But my intention being to write for the benefit and advantage of him who understands, I thought it more convenient to respect the essential verity than the imagination of the thing (and many have framed imaginary commonwealths and governments to themselves which never were seen nor had any real existence), for the present manner of living is so different from the way that ought to be taken, that he who neglects what is done to follow what ought to be done, will sooner learn how to ruin than how to preserve himself.
However, they did not dare to disobey orders, and for the present the firing almost wholly ceased.
Not only that, but the subtle insanity of Ahab respecting Moby Dick was noways more significantly manifested than in his superlative sense and shrewdness in foreseeing that, for the present, the hunt should in some way be stripped of that strange imaginative impiousness which naturally invested it.
I have locked them and, in my opinion, they would be better kept locked for the present.
A brief counsel was held, whereat it was decided that for the present they should be lodged at a hotel.
But for the present she was warping with the speed of a three-hundred pounder, and her miniwarps were breaking short of her projected exit points.
Hussey, postponing further scolding for the present, ushered us into a little room, and seating us at a table spread with the relics of a recently concluded repast, turned round to us and said—.
I might not feel very good wheft it wore off, but for the present nothing could get through.
This index is in intention complete in items but not in references, since for the present purpose it has been necessary to reduce its bulk.
Even if Beverly Dyson had needed to bring his men in from half across the planet, however, they would have been here in strength for the present occasion.
Let us for the present omit the second topic, concerning the pursuits, and the duties relative to them.