English Explanatory Dictionary

recent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having happened a short while ago.
  2. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
  3. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
  4. Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
noun
  1. A recently viewed or accessed item.
name
  1. The Holocene.
adj
  1. Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

Pronunciation

rē'sənt /ˈɹiː.sənt/ /ˈɹi.sənt/ En-us-recent.ogg [ˈɹɪiː.sənt] [ˈɹɪ̈i.sənt]

Word forms

recent more recent most recent recents

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Synonyms

nudiustertian

Derived words

non-recent nonrecent recency Recent recentish recentism recently recent memory in recent memory recentness semirecent subrecent unrecent
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