recent
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re·cent
(rē'sənt) 
adj.
recently re'cent·ly adv.
adj.
- Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
- Modern; new.
- Recent Geology. Of, belonging to, or denoting the Holocene Epoch.
[Middle English, new, fresh, from Latin recēns, recent-.]
recency re'cen·cy or re'cent·ness n.recently re'cent·ly adv.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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recent
adjective
- Of or relating to the present or times close to the present: latter-day, modern. See new/old, time.
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recent
adj
Definition: current
Antonyms: earlier, former, future, old, past
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IN BRIEF: Of a time just before now; made or happening a short time ago.
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
— George Carlin
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recently
sign description: The X-hand moves in a backward motion on the side of the chin.
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categories related to 'recent'
- Relative Time - recent: (adj) pertaining to the near past, lately; new
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Recent
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nyere, moderne, i den senere tid
n. - holocæn, recent
Nederlands (Dutch)
recent, modern
Français (French)
adj. - récent, nouveau
n. - (Géol) l'Holocène
Deutsch (German)
adj. - jüngst, neu
n. - Holozän
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρόσφατος
n. - (γεωλ.) ολόκαινος εποχή
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - recente, moderno
n. - holoceno (m) (Geol.)
Español (Spanish)
adj. - reciente, nuevo
n. - Holoceno
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nyligen inträffad, färsk
n. - Holocen-åldern (geol.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
新近的, 最近的, 近代的, 近来的, 全新世的, 全新统的, 全新世, 全新统
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 新近的, 最近的, 近代的, 近來的, 全新世的, 全新統的
n. - 全新世, 全新統
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 최근의, 현세의
n. - (지질학) 완신세
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 近ごろの, 最近の, 近代の, 現世の, 近頃の
n. - 現世
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) حديث, جديد (الاسم) حديث, جديد
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שאירע לאחרונה, חדש
n. - העידן ההולוקני (גיאולוגיה)
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