recent
Sentences
Meaning
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- Having happened a short while ago.
- Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
- Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
- Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
Synonyms
present time
a moment ago
moment ago
yesterday’s
fast-breaking
just out
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧cent
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹiːsənt/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).
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