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Variant of recent

recent definition

re·cent (rē′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

Related Forms:

recent Idioms

the Recent

the Holocene Epoch or its rocks

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recently Synonyms

recently

modif.

lately, in recent times, just now, just a while ago, not long ago, a short while ago, of late, latterly, newly, freshly, the other day, just yesterday, within the recent past.

Antonyms once*, long ago, formerly.


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