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
recent Related Forms
recent Idioms
the Recent
the Holocene Epoch or its rocks
recent Synonyms
recent
modif.
Lately brought into being
fresh, novel, new, newly born; see fresh 1, modern 1, original 3.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.
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