recent

re·cent  (rsnt)

adj.

1. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.

2. Modern; new.

3. Recent Geology Of, belonging to, or denoting the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.

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

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recen·cy, recent·ness n.

recent·ly adv.

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recent [ˈriːs^ənt]

adj

having appeared, happened, or been made not long ago; modern, fresh, or new

[from Latin recens fresh; related to Greek kainos new]

recently  adv

recentness , recency n

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Recent [ˈriːs^ənt]

adj & n

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology another word for Holocene

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Recent  (rsnt)

See Holocene.

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recent

• Amazonian epoch - The Amazonian epoch is the most recent of the Martian geologic epochs, from 1,800 years ago to the present.
• grey, gray - The distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is recent, popping up in the 20th century.
• Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene - Pleistocene means "most recent," Pliocene means "more recent," Miocene means "moderately recent," and Oligocence means "but a little recent."
• neoteric - Used to describe a person, especially an author, it means one belongs to modern/recent times—but it might also refer to a person having a modern outlook or new ideas; when used of things, it indicates that they are modern, new, or recent.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Recent - approximately the last 10,000 years Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch Age of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary period - last 2 million years
Adj.	1.	recent - new; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees" new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
	2.	recent - of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" late past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

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recent

adjective

1. not long past, just gone, occurring recently Sales have fallen by more than 75 per cent in recent years.

2. new, modern, contemporary, up-to-date, late, young, happening (informal), current, fresh, novel, latter, present-day, latter-day a faster, sleeker, more recent model
new old, earlier, early, former, ancient, historical, antique

Translations

recent [ˈriːsnt] ADJ [event, survey, trip, photograph, history] → reciente
his most recent book → su libro más reciente
a recent acquaintance → un conocido de hace poco tiempo
a recent arrival (= person) → un recién llegado
recent developments in Biology → los últimos avances en el campo de la biología
in the recent past → en los últimos tiempos → en un pasado reciente
in recent years → en los últimos años

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recent [ˈriːs^ənt] adj

[event, visit, interview, decision] → récent(e); [book, film, report] → récent(e); [arrival] → récent(e)
their recent arrival → leur arrivée récente
in recent years → au cours de ces dernières années
in recent times → récemment

(= person) to be a recent arrival → être arrivé(e) récemment
recent arrivals (= people) → les nouveaux arrivants

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recent

adj → kürzlich; event, development, closure → jüngste(r, s), neueste(r, s); news → neueste(r, s), letzte(r, s); acquaintance, invention, edition, addition → neu; the recent improvement → die vor Kurzem eingetretene Verbesserung; their recent loss → ihr vor Kurzem erlittener Verlust; a recent decision → eine Entscheidung, die erst vor Kurzem gefallen ist; a recent publication → eine Neuveröffentlichung; his most recent book → sein neuestes Buch; he is a recent acquaintance of mine → ich kenne ihn erst seit Kurzem; his recent arrival → seine Ankunft vor Kurzem; her recent trip → ihre erst kurz zurückliegende Reise; he is a recent arrival → er ist erst vor Kurzem angekommen, er ist erst kurz hier; in the recent past → in jüngerer or jüngster Zeit (geh), → erst vor Kurzem; in recent years → in den letzten Jahren; in recent times → in letzter or jüngster (geh) → Zeit; of recent date → neueren Datums; in recent history → in der jüngsten Vergangenheit; recent developments → jüngste Entwicklungen, Entwicklungen in jüngster Zeit

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recent [ˈriːsnt] adj → recente
in recent memory → in tempi recenti
in recent years → negli ultimi anni

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recent

adj recent [ˈriːsnt]

happening, done etc not long ago Things have changed in recent weeks; recent events. onlangs حَديث، قَريب العَهْد скорошен nedávný sidste; seneste vor kurzem πρόσφατος reciente hiljutine تازه؛ جدید äskettäinen récent שֶׁלא מִזמָן हाल का posljednji újabb keletű mutakhir nÿlegur recente 最近の 최근의 pastaras, nesenas nesens; pēdējais baru-baru ini laatst som nylig har funnet sted, fersk ostatni recente recent недавний; последний nedávny, posledný nedaven skorašnji senaste, nyligen skedd เร็ว ๆ นี้ yeni (olmuş), geçen 最近的 недавній, останній حالیہ gần đây 最近的

adv recently

He came to see me recently. onlangs مؤخَّرا на скоро nedávno for nyligt kürzlich πρόσφατα recientemente hiljuti به تازگی؛ اخیرا äskettäin récemment לַאַחֲרוֹנָה हाल में nedavno, u posljednje vrijeme mostanában, a napokban belum lama nÿlega recentemente 最近 최근에 neseniai, pastaruoju metu nesen; pēdējā laikā baru-baru ini onlangs nylig niedawno, ostatnio recentemente recent, curând недавно nedávno nedavno nedavno nyligen, på sista tiden อย่างเร็ว geçenlerde 近來 не(що)давно; останнім часом حال میں gần đây 近来

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recent → حديث nedávný nylig kürzlich πρόσφατος reciente äskettäinen récent nedavni recente 最近の 최근의 recent nylig ostatni recente недавний nylig เร็วๆนี้ yeni gần đây 新近的