recent

Plural: recents

Noun

• approximately the last 10,000 years
• A recently viewed or accessed item.

Adjective Satellite

• new
  • "recent graduates"
  • "a recent addition to the house"
  • "recent buds on the apple trees"
• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
  • "his recent trip to Africa"
  • "in recent months"
  • "a recent issue of the journal"

Adj

• 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.
• Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

Adjective

• Of a time not long past; new or fresh.

Examples

• His recent victory in Words With Friends proved he’s a player to watch.
• I met three recent graduates at the conference.
• The cause has several hundred recent donors.

Synonyms

Holocene, Holocene epoch, late, Recent epoch, nudiustertian

Related Words

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