recent 
recent definition
re·cent (rē′sənt)
adjective
- done, made, etc. just before the present time; modern; new
- of a time just before the present
- designating or of the Holocene Epoch of geologic time
Etymology: MFr < L recens < re-, again + IE base *ken-, emerge freshly, new > Gr kainos, new
Related Forms:
- recently re′·cently adverb
- recentness re′·cent·ness noun or recency re′·cency
recent Idioms
the Recent
the Holocene Epoch or its rocks
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