Present (disambiguation)

Present is a time that is neither future nor past, happening now

Present or The Present or Presents may also refer to:

• Gift, something given free of charge, gratis

Time and timing

• Present tense, a grammatical tense of a verb
• Before Present, radiocarbon dates relative to AD 1950
• Presenting, a medical term
• Presenteeism, meaning working while sick
• Voting "present", a form of abstention in parliamentary procedure

Film and television

• The Present, a 2009 surf film by Thomas Campbell (visual artist)
• The Present (2014 film), a German animated short film by Jacob Frey
• The Present (2020 film), a Palestinian short film
• The Present (2024 film), an American comedy film
• "The Present" (The Flash), an episode of The Flash
• "The Present", an episode of Minority Report, 2015

Print media

• Present, a 1997 poetry collection by Alfred Corn
• The Present, a 1975 novel by Gabriel Josipovici
• The Present, a 1998 romance novel by Johanna Lindsey
• The Present: The Secret to Enjoying Your Work And Life, Now!, self help book by Spencer Johnson
• Présent, a French right-wing newspaper

Music

• The Present, a New York-based duo featuring Mina Ohashi, who previously performed under the name Fayray
• Present (band), a Belgian progressive rock group

Albums

• Present (Bonnie Pink album), 2003
• Present (Donghae & Eunhyuk EP), 2015
• Present (Killing Heidi album), 2002
• Present (Timbaland & Magoo album), 2005
• Present (Van der Graaf Generator album), 2005
• Present (Yuki Uchida album), 1997
• Present, a 2011 album by Japanese singer Shizuka Itō
• Present, a 2018 album by South Korean singers Woo Jin-young and Kim Hyun-soo
• The Present (Moody Blues album), 1983
• Presents (Maki Ohguro album), 2002
• Presents (Princess Princess album), 1994
• Presents, a 1998 album by My Little Lover
• Presents, a 2007 album by 10 Foot Ganja Plant

Songs

• "Present", a 2008 song by Bump of Chicken from Present from You
• "Present", an English-language version of the 2011 Eurovision contest entry "Jestem" Magdalena Tul's
• "Present", a 2018 song by Gen Hoshino from Pop Virus
• "Present", a 2020 song by Mrs. Green Apple
• "Present", a 2021 song by American singer Khalid
• "Presents", instrumental by Tom Waits from One from the Heart

Other uses

• Present (Aitken) a sculpture in Washington, D.C, by Robert Ingersoll Aitken
• PRESENT (cipher), an ultra-lightweight block cipher algorithm
• The Present, a 2015 stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play Platonov, brought to Broadway in 2016

See also

• Presenter (disambiguation)
• Presence (disambiguation)
• Presentation (disambiguation)
• Gift (disambiguation)
• Now (disambiguation)