adj
Meaning 1
Having happened a short while ago.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nudiustertian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
recent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: rē'sənt
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.sənt/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɹi.sənt/
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Australian: /ˈɹiː.sənt/
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Australian: [ˈɹɪiː.sənt] cultivated
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Australian, general: [ˈɹɪ̈i.sənt]
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New-Zealand: /ˈɹiː.sənt/
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rhymes with -iːsənt
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adj
Meaning 2
Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cause has several hundred recent donors.
- I met three recent graduates at the conference.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Topics: astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
The Holocene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A recently viewed or accessed item.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
new
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- recent graduates
- a recent addition to the house
- recent buds on the apple trees
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a late development
- their late quarrel
- his recent trip to Africa
- in recent months
- a recent issue of the journal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: late(a)
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
approximately the last 10,000 years
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epoch
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).
As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.
Across languages
Translations
104 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: vars — having happened a short while ago
- Albanian: vonë — having happened a short while ago
- Arabic: أَخِير (ʔaḵīr) — having happened a short while ago
- Arabic: جَدِيد (jadīd) — having happened a short while ago
- Armenian: նորերս պատահած (norers patahac) — having happened a short while ago
- Armenian: վերջին (verǰin) — having happened a short while ago
- Azerbaijani: təzə — having happened a short while ago
- Bulgarian: неотдавнашен (neotdavnašen) — having happened a short while ago
- Catalan: fresc — having happened a short while ago
- Catalan: recent — having happened a short while ago
- Chinese Cantonese: 最近 (zeoi3 gan6) — having happened a short while ago
- Chinese Cantonese: 近排 — having happened a short while ago
- Chinese Cantonese: 呢排 — having happened a short while ago
- Chinese Mandarin: 最近 (zuì jìn) — having happened a short while ago
- Cornish: a-dhiwedhes — having happened a short while ago
- Czech: nedávný — having happened a short while ago
- Danish: frisk — having happened a short while ago
- Danish: nylig — having happened a short while ago
- Dutch: recent — having happened a short while ago
- Esperanto: lasta — having happened a short while ago
- Esperanto: lastatempa — having happened a short while ago
- Estonian: äsjane — having happened a short while ago
- Estonian: hiljutine — having happened a short while ago
- Faroese: feskur — having happened a short while ago
- Finnish: tuore — having happened a short while ago
- Finnish: äskeinen — having happened a short while ago
- Finnish: äskettäinen — having happened a short while ago
- Finnish: hiljattainen — having happened a short while ago
- Finnish: taannoinen — having happened a short while ago
- Finnish: viimeaikainen — having happened a short while ago
- French: récent — having happened a short while ago
- West-Frisian: farsk — having happened a short while ago
- Galician: recente — having happened a short while ago
- Georgian: ახალი (axali) — having happened a short while ago
- Georgian: ახლანდელი (axlandeli) — having happened a short while ago
- Georgian: უახლესი (uaxlesi) — having happened a short while ago
- Georgian: ბოლოდროინდელი (bolodroindeli) — having happened a short while ago
- German: neu — having happened a short while ago
- German: kürzlich — having happened a short while ago
- German: rezent — having happened a short while ago
- German: frisch — having happened a short while ago
- Greek: πρόσφατος (prósfatos) — having happened a short while ago
- Ancient Greek: πρόσφατος (prósphatos) — having happened a short while ago
- Haitian Creole: resan — having happened a short while ago
- Hebrew: אחרון (aharon) — having happened a short while ago
- Hindi: हालिया (hāliyā) — having happened a short while ago
- Hungarian: nem régi — having happened a short while ago
- Hungarian: legutóbbi — having happened a short while ago
- Hungarian: friss — having happened a short while ago
- Icelandic: nýlegur — having happened a short while ago
- Ido: recenta — having happened a short while ago
- Indonesian: baru saja — having happened a short while ago
- Ingrian: taanolliin — having happened a short while ago
- Irish: deireanach — having happened a short while ago
- Italian: recente — having happened a short while ago
- Japanese: 最近 (saikin) — having happened a short while ago
- Khmer: ថ្មី (tməy) — having happened a short while ago
- Korean: 최근 (choegeun) — having happened a short while ago
- Latin: recēns — having happened a short while ago
- Latin: nūperus — having happened a short while ago
- Latvian: nesens — having happened a short while ago
- Limburgish: recènte — having happened a short while ago
- Lithuanian: naujas — having happened a short while ago
- Malayalam: സമീപകാല (samīpakāla) — having happened a short while ago
- Mongolian: саяхан (sajaxan) — having happened a short while ago
- Norman: récent — having happened a short while ago
- Norwegian: nylig — having happened a short while ago
- Papiamentu: fresku — having happened a short while ago
- Persian: تازه (tâza) — having happened a short while ago
- Persian: اخیر (axir) — having happened a short while ago
- Polish: ostatni — having happened a short while ago
- Polish: świeży — having happened a short while ago
- Polish: niedawny — having happened a short while ago
- Portuguese: recente — having happened a short while ago
- Quechua: musuq — having happened a short while ago
- Romanian: recent — having happened a short while ago
- Russian: неда́вний (nedávnij) — having happened a short while ago
- Serbo-Croatian: недавни — having happened a short while ago
- Serbo-Croatian: нов — having happened a short while ago
- Serbo-Croatian: nedavni — having happened a short while ago
- Serbo-Croatian: nov — having happened a short while ago
- Slovak: nedávny — having happened a short while ago
- Spanish: reciente — having happened a short while ago
- Spanish: recental — having happened a short while ago
- Sranan Tongo: fersi — having happened a short while ago
- Swahili: karibuni — having happened a short while ago
- Swedish: ny — having happened a short while ago
- Swedish: nylig — having happened a short while ago
- Tagalog: kararaan — having happened a short while ago
- Telugu: ఇటీవలి (iṭīvali) — having happened a short while ago
- Thai: เร็วๆ นี้ (reo-reo née) — having happened a short while ago
- Turkish: yeni — having happened a short while ago
- Ukrainian: оста́нній (ostánnij) — having happened a short while ago
- Ukrainian: неда́вній (nedávnij) — having happened a short while ago
- Ukrainian: нещода́вній (neščodávnij) — having happened a short while ago
- Urdu: حالیہ (hāliya) — having happened a short while ago
- Uyghur: débaya — having happened a short while ago
- Vietnamese: gần đây — having happened a short while ago
- Welsh: diweddar — having happened a short while ago
- Yiddish: אַנומלטיק (anumltik) — having happened a short while ago
- Yiddish: פֿריש (frish) — having happened a short while ago
- Yiddish: לעצט (letst) — having happened a short while ago
- Yiddish: נײַ (nay) — having happened a short while ago
- Yucatec Maya: aakʼ — having happened a short while ago
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