recent

re·cent

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adjective

The definition of recent is something that happened just a short time ago.

An event that happened an hour ago is an example of an event that would be described as recent.

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recent

done, made, etc. just before the present time; modern; new
of a time just before the present
[R-] designating or of the Holocene Epoch of geologic time

Origin of recent

Middle French from Classical Latin recens from re-, again + Indo-European base an unverified form ken-, emerge freshly, new from source Classical Greek kainos, new

recent Idioms

the Recent

the Holocene Epoch or its rocks

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recent

adjective

Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
Modern; new.
Recent Geology Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch. geologic time

Origin of recent

Middle English new, fresh from Latin recēns recent-; see ken- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

re′cen·cy re′cent·ness
noun

re′cent·ly
adverb

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See Holocene

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Adjective

(comparative more recent, superlative most recent)

Having happened a short while ago.
Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
The cause has several hundred recent donors.
I met three recent graduates at the conference.

Origin

Latin recÄ“ns (genitive recentis).

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