be present

Synonyms

exist occur participate attend prevail reigning lied sit in turn up crop up sugaring spectate lain outstare occurring
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Antonyms

dematerialize evanesce absquatulate lie in wait lie low evanish

Examples

It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present. Antonin Artaud

For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord. Charles Lamb

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. Francis Bacon

If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success. Will Smith

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. James Baldwin

Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small. Phillips Brooks

Words in the phrase

be present

Close letter words and terms

be prepared be prepared for be prepared to be present at be present in be presented