recent
Americanadjective
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of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc..
recent events; a recent trip.
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not long past.
in recent years.
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of or belonging to a time not long past.
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Geology. Recent. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter half of the Quaternary Period; Holocene.
noun
adjective
adjective
Related Words
See modern.
Other Word Forms
- quasi-recent adjective
- recency noun
- recently adverb
- recentness noun
Etymology
Origin of recent
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin recent- (stem of recēns ) “fresh, new”
Example Sentences
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Mobile internet access has been shut off in Moscow in recent days after similar outages in dozens of regions.
Nintendo is arguably the world's most famous video game company, but in recent years it's been moving into other forms of entertainment.
From BBC
But the Radio 2 presenter was sacked after "new information" about his conduct came to light in recent weeks, the BBC said.
From BBC
The median amount American workers have saved for retirement is only $955 when including people who have nothing saved at all, a recent report from the National Institute on Retirement Security found.
From MarketWatch
But hiring was concentrated in education and health services, a field responsible for a disproportionate share of recent U.S. job creation and which added 58,000 net jobs in March.
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