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today collapse: the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"; the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"; on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't meet with you today"

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

imperfect collapse: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

past collapse: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past; the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"; a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"; earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"; a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"

future collapse: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date; a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future; the time yet to come; yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"; effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"; a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"

existing collapse: presently existing; "the existing system"; existing in something specified; "depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream"

extant collapse: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd

latest collapse: the most recent news or development; "have you heard the latest?"; in the current fashion or style

topical collapse: of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"; pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"; of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"

contemporaneous collapse: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

up-to-the-minute collapse: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries"

immanent collapse: of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"; of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"

white elephant collapse: albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia; a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

existent collapse: having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"

oblation collapse: the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist; the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor"

contemporary collapse: a person of nearly the same age as another; belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"; characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"

while collapse: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

tense collapse: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time; taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"; pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'); in or of a state of physical or nervous tension; cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"; become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"; increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"

mod collapse: a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers; relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

modern collapse: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes; a contemporary person; characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture; used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"; belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

duration collapse: continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"; the property of enduring or continuing in time; the period of time during which something continues

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