recent

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see also: Recent

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē'sənt, IPA: /ˈɹiːsənt/

Adjective

recent

1. Having happened a short while ago.

   Synonyms: nudiustertian

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.

   The cause has several hundred recent donors.

   I met three recent graduates at the conference.

4. (sciences) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

Translations

• French: récent
• German: neu, kürzlich, rezent, frisch
• Italian: recente
• Portuguese: recente
• Russian: неда́вний
• Spanish: reciente

Noun

recent (plural recents)

1. (computing, GUI) A recently viewed or accessed item.

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Recent

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Etymology

As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.

Proper noun

1. (obsolete, geology) The Holocene.

Adjective

recent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, geology, astronomy) Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

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