re·cent (r  s nt)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. [Middle English, new, fresh, from Latin rec ns, recent-; see ken- in Indo-European roots.]re cen·cy, recent·ness n.re cent·ly adv. |
recent [ˈriːsənt]
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
Recent [ˈriːsənt]
adj & n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology another word for Holocene
| Recent (rsnt) See Holocene. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | Recent - approximately the last 10,000 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"his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
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
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
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
recent [ˈriːsənt] adj
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
recent [ˈriːsnt] adj → recente
in recent memory → in tempi recenti
in recent years → negli ultimi anni
recent [ˈriːsnt] adj → recente
in recent memory → in tempi recenti
in recent years → negli ultimi anni
in recent memory → in tempi recenti
in recent years → negli ultimi anni
recent [ˈriːsnt] adj → recente
in recent memory → in tempi recenti
in recent years → negli ultimi anni
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
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
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