Recent

//ˈɹiː.sənt// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having happened a short while ago.

    "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. 2
    Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century. not-comparable, obsolete
  3. 3
    Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
  4. 4
    Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.

    "The cause has several hundred recent donors."

  5. 5
    Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

    "Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms."

Adjective
  1. 1
    new wordnet
  2. 2
    of the immediate past or just previous to the present time wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Holocene. obsolete

    "He [Charles Lyell] ignored Quaternary, a term he never accepted. The Recent addressed the age “tenanted by man,” which at the time barely extended beyond the chronicles of the Bible."

Noun
  1. 1
    A recently viewed or accessed item.

    "Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Etymology 3

As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.

Etymology 4

As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.

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