recent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē'sənt, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːsənt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧cent

Adjective

recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)

1. Having happened a short while ago.
   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

2. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
3. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.

   The cause has several hundred recent donors.

   I met three recent graduates at the conference.

4. In long-view scientific usage, particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy, may refer to events not "recent" in everyday usage, thousands or even millions of years ago.
5. In geology and astronomy, "Recent", capitalised, has often been used as an exact synonym for "Holocene", particularly pre-21st century.^[1]

References

Anagrams

• Center, Centre, center, centre, tenrec

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recens, recentem. First attested 1653^[1]. See also rentar.

Adjective

recent (masculine and feminine plural recents)

1. recent

References

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)

1. recent