recent
/'ri:snt/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Happening or beginning in a time not long before the present: Refers to events, changes, or things that have occurred or come into existence a short time ago.
- Modern, new: Describes something that belongs to the current or latest period.
Noun:
- (Geology) The Recent epoch: A specific term in geology referring to the current geological epoch, approximately the last 10,000 years, following the Pleistocene; also called the Holocene.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- I read about it in a recent newspaper article.
- Her most recent book is her best yet.
- The house is a recent addition to the neighborhood.
- Noun (Specialized):
- Fossils from the Recent show little change in some species.
Advanced Usage
- In recent memory: Within the time that people can easily remember.
- It was the hottest summer in recent memory.
- Until relatively recently: Up to a time not long before now.
- Until relatively recently, this area was all farmland.
Variants and Related Words
- Recently (adverb): Not long ago.
- I saw him recently.
- Recency (noun): The quality or state of being recent.
- The recency of the event made the details vivid.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Latest, new, modern, contemporary, fresh, current.
- Noun (Geology): Holocene.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Old, ancient, early, former, remote.
Related Phrases
- Of recent origin: Having begun or been created not long ago.
- The tradition is of recent origin.
- Recent past: The time immediately before the present.
- In the recent past, such technology was unimaginable.
Adjective
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- a late development
- their late quarrel
- his recent trip to Africa
- in recent months
- a recent issue of the journal
- new
- recent graduates
- a recent addition to the house
- recent buds on the apple trees
Noun
- approximately the last 10,000 years