"present-day" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} present-day (not comparable)
  1. In existence now; current or contemporary. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Present Synonyms: modern, present Translations (in existence now): bugünkü (Azerbaijani), съвременен (sǎvremenen) (Bulgarian), vandaag de dag (Dutch), nykypäivän (Finnish), nykyajan (Finnish), tämän päivän (Finnish), 現代 (gendai) (Japanese), в на́ши дни (v náši dni) (Russian), actual (Spanish), hodierno [formal] (Spanish), dagens (Swedish), günümüz …-i (Turkish)

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