Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
- adjective Modern; new.
- adjective Geology Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to time just before the present; not long past in occurrence or existence; lately happening or being; newly appearing, done, or made: as, recent events; recent importations; recent memories; recent news; a recent speech.
- Of modern date, absolutely or relatively; not of primitive or remote origin; belonging to or occurring in times not far removed.
- Still fresh in quality or existence; not old or degenerate; unchanged by time: said of things liable to rapid change, as newly gathered plants or specimens in natural history.
- In geology, of or pertaining to the epoch regarded as the present from a geological point of view.
- Lately come; not long removed or separated.
- Synonyms Late, Fresh, etc. See
new .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern.
- adjective (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having happened a short
while ago . - adjective Up-to-date; not
old-fashioned ordated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective new
- adjective of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- noun approximately the last 10,000 years
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Sarah Palin tore into Michelle Obama on Fox News Wednesday, criticizing the first lady for what she characterized as a recent condescending defense of her husband's presidency.
Sarah Palin Slams Michelle Obama On Fox News Over Defense Of Husband's Presidency (VIDEO) 2012
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After listing what it describes as recent "notable successes" against al-Qaeda, particularly its Afghan Taliban allies, the committee gives its thanks and congratulations to "the administration as a whole and in particular the men and women of the U.S. military."
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At the Armenian cafe Urartu off Broadway, Appo Jabarian scans his email inbox for news of what he dubs the recent "secret agreement."
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And now North Korea releases what it calls recent video of an apparently healthy Kim Jong-il.
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CHETRY: Cuba TV airing what it called recent footage of former President Fidel Castro and in it he looks well-rested and fit.
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Well, Cuban TV is airing what it calls recent footage of former President Fidel Castro looking healthier and well rested.
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This comes just a day after North Korean TV showed what it called recent footage of the secretive leader.
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Cuban TV is airing what it called recent footage of former President Fidel Castro.
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When I asked him what he called the recent unpleasantness, Woo was remarkably candid: "The uprising, in African-American neighborhoods-and the riot in other parts of the city."
City Of Euphemisms 2008
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Mr. Bernanke signaled he isn't contemplating higher interest rates despite what he called a recent "jump" in inflation.
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