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recent Definition

re·cent (sənt)

adjective

  1. done, made, etc. just before the present time; modern; new
  2. of a time just before the present
  3. designating or of the Holocene Epoch of geologic time

Etymology: MFr < L recens < re-, again + IE base *ken-, emerge freshly, new > Gr kainos, new

recent Related Forms

re·cently adverb re·cent·ness noun or re·cency

recent Idioms

the Recent

the Holocene Epoch or its rocks

recent Synonyms

recent

modif.

  1. Lately brought into being

    fresh, novel, new, newly born; see fresh 1, modern 1, original 3.

  2. Associated with modern times

    contemporary, up-to-date, current; see modern 1, 3.

recent Usage Examples

Preposition: on

top: Stories are placed here when they expire from the news pages and are filed in date order, most recent on the top.

Preposition: at

top: History: The history list will display the articles you have recently looked at, the most recent at the top of the list.

Modifies a noun

  • year: Much has been made in recent years of the Gnostic gospels.
  • survey: The data in the figure is taken from a recent national survey of elderly people.
  • graduate: The first ever participants of Insight Out, West Midlands, offering business training for recent creative industries graduates from the area.
  • month: The death rate has risen even more in recent months.
  • publication: A range of recent journal publications will be provided to cover the developments in mineral processing.
  • decade: This has, in recent decades, become comparative religion.

Modifying Another Word

  • comparatively: The most important aspect of Java, and it's a comparatively recent one, is the J2EE edition.
  • relatively: For example, in these relatively recent publications, Jacques Le Goff, Intellectuals in the Middle Ages, trans.
  • fairly: With this and other fairly recent developments we've agreed to a slight restructuring.
  • very: It is always possible that today's apparent majority, which is of very recent origin, may not last.
  • quite: A: Most students who come on the course are quite recent graduates, and have good undergraduate qualification.
  • so: This history is so recent that all those now writing about it will also have experienced it.

Used with adjective complement

include: Multiple features are supported including most recent restore, incremental backups, archive verification and archive management.