for the present

Meaning

for the present

for now

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

meanwhile temporarily meantime provisionally ad interim insomuch extemporarily in the meantime for the moment fleetingly

Antonyms

evermore always permanently forever eternally endlessly
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Examples

There are three traps of Satan that steal joy and peace: - Regretting about the past - Fear for the future - Ingratitude for the present. Anthony the Great

Life is all memory, except for the present moment that goes by so quick you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all. Evelyn Waugh

We also know that religion, as the Marxists have always insisted, has, too often, like an opiate, tended to put people to sleep to the reality and the need for the present struggle for peace and justice. Dorothy Day

For the present you can just call me the Kingfish. Huey Long

Don't mortgage the future for the present. American Proverb

Words in the phrase

for the present

Close letter words and terms

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