RECENT

recent

(adjective) new; “recent graduates”; “a recent addition to the house”; “recent buds on the apple trees”

recent, late(a)

(adjective) of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; “a late development”; “their late quarrel”; “his recent trip to Africa”; “in recent months”; “a recent issue of the journal”

Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch

(noun) approximately the last 10,000 years

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)

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, astronomy, capitalised as "Recent") Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

Synonyms

• nudiustertian (rare, obsolete (hapax legomenon))

Anagrams

• Center, Centre, center, centre, tenrec

Source: Wiktionary

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Re"cent, a. Etym: [L. recens, -entis: cf. F. récent.]

1. 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; as, recent news. The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. Woodward.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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