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current definition

cur·rent (kʉrənt)

adjective

  1. Obsolete running or flowing
    1. now going on; now in progress the current month, his current job
    2. at the present time; contemporary current fashions
    3. of most recent date the current edition
  2. passing from person to person; circulating current money, current rumors
  3. commonly used, known, or accepted; prevalent a current term
  4. Accounting
    1. designating any asset that would normally be converted into cash within one year
    2. designating any liability that must be paid within one year

Etymology: altered (infl. by L) < ME curraunt < OFr curant, prp. of courre < L currere, to run < IE base *kers-, to run, wagon > Gaul carros

noun

  1. a flow of water or air, esp. when strong or swift, in a definite direction; specif., such a flow within a larger body of water or mass of air
  2. a general tendency or drift; course
  3. Elec. the flow or rate of flow of electrons, ions, or holes in a conductor or medium between two points having a difference in potential, measured in amperes and equal to the ratio of the voltage to the resistance: symbol, I

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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