About The Word Recent
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What's The Definition Of Recent?
[adj] near to or not long before the present; "recent times"; "of recent origin"
[adj] being new in a time not long past; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees" [adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Recent: late(a) | modern | new | past Related Terms | Find terms related to Recent: See Also | Recent In Webster's Dictionary \Re"cent\, a. [L. recens, -entis: cf. F. r['e]cent.]
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.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch;
as, recent shells.
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