noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being current.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
currentness
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noun
Meaning 2
Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property of belonging to the present time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the currency of a slang term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: currency, up-to-dateness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: presentness, nowness
Narrower terms: modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English current Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English currentness From current + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ajantasaisuus — quality of being current
- Finnish: ajankohtaisuus — quality of being current
- German: Aktualität — quality of being current
- Portuguese: atualidade — quality of being current