new, modern, today
lately
recent, recently
final, concluding
The word "latest" is an adjective. It is the superlative form of the adjective late. (It can also be considered a noun, e.g. Have you heard the latest?)
The opposite word for recent is old.
The Kikuyu word is equivalent to the English word recent kiambereria.
Recent, tender, youthful, inexperienced, green, fresh, brood, infants, offspring, progeny...
The future tense of "recent" is "will be recent."
up-to-date, current, latest, cutting-edge, recent, new-fangled, unknown
The word recent is not a verb and so doesn't have tenses.
"This is a recent question on WikiAnswers."The recent attack put them on guard.
No, "recent" does not have a long sound. The word "recent" is pronounced with a short /i/ sound.