recent

(rē'sənt)
adj.

1. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
2. Modern; new.
3. 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.

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adjective

Of or relating to the present or times close to the present: latter-day, modern. See new/old, time.

adj

Definition: current
Antonyms: earlier, former, future, old, past

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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For a list of words related to recent, see:

• Relative Time - recent: (adj) pertaining to the near past, lately; new

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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

Italiano (Italian)
recente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - recente, moderno
n. - holoceno (m) (Geol.)

Русский (Russian)
недавний

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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