recent

English

/ˈɹiːsənt/

adj
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (sciences) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
  • (geology) Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recēns (recent).

Origin

Latin

recēns

Gloss

recent

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