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Meanings of presentness in English

The quality of being the present.

Synonyms
Examples for "nowness"
Examples for "nowness"
1
But the nowness of everything is absolutely wondrous, and if people could see that, you know.
The Guardian
2
Yet Santayana said, "The essence of nowness runs like a fire along the fuse of time."
A monster's notes
3
The be-here-nowness of painting.
Wired
4
And the difference between the trivial and the important doesn't seem to matter but the nowness of everything is absolutely wondrous.
The Irish Times
5
Many philosophers have remarked on the "nowness" of life -whether you do something or refrain from doing, your life is going on right now.
The Guardian
Usage of presentness in English
1
Wildly exhilarating, This Variation concerns presence and presentness, and what it means to be a spectator.
The Guardian
2
'A vast onset of self-centered presentness.
The Descent
Frequent collocations
Presentness through the time