"ਵਰਤਮਾਨ" ਦਾ ਡਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ "ਥੋੜ੍ਹੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ; ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ; ਜਲਦੀ" ਜਾਂ "ਮੌਜੂਦਾ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ; ਹੁਣ।" ਇਸਦਾ ਅਰਥ "ਥੋੜ੍ਹੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ; ਬਹੁਤ ਦੇਰ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ" ਜਾਂ "ਇਸ ਸਮੇਂ; ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ" ਵੀ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ, "ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ" ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਸਮੇਂ ਜਾਂ ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕੀ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਪਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਚ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
1. Presently one of the passengers, after vigorously pushing his way through the importunate crowd of porters, came up to him and politely asked if he could point out the English consulate, at the same time showing a passport which he wished to have visaed.
2. That might be in the bough of a great oak, at the top of a spindly sapling, or at a point only feet from where he was presently.
3. She had long flowing hair that spilled halfway down her back, soft cheekbones, full lips presently curled into a sneer, and an athletic figure, at the moment clothed in a T-shirt and tight, hip-hugging jeans.
4. Presently he took from his coat pocket a wallet, placed the paper carefully in it, and deposited both in a writing-desk, which he locked.
5. Presently his voice was heard in a sort of halloo.
6. Presently he fell upon his knees in the pit, and, burying his naked arms up to the elbows in gold, let them there remain, as if enjoying the luxury of a bath.
7. Presently I took a candle, and seating myself at the other end of the room, proceeded to scrutinize the parchment more closely.
8. I hallooed to him with all my strength, and presently he came reeling aft.
9. Presently it came to be known that he had changed his dress with no other object than to wander about these wastes after that shepherdess Marcela our lad mentioned a while ago, with whom the deceased Chrysostom had fallen in love.
10. They left him and went in, and presently the barber brought him out something to eat.