recent
See also: récent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).
Pronunciation
Adjective
recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)
- 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.
- Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
- 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.
- (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.[1]
Synonyms
- nudiustertian (rare, obsolete (hapax legomenon))
Derived terms
Translations
having happened a short while ago
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References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. quotes "P. Gibbard & T. van Kolfschoten in F. Gradstein et al. Geol. Time Scale 2004 xxii. 451/2 The term 'Recent' as an alternative to Holocene is invalid and should not be used."
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recens, recentem. First attested 1653[1]. See also rentar.
Pronunciation
Adjective
recent m or f (masculine and feminine plural recents)
Related terms
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)
Inflection
Declension of recent | ||||
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uninflected | recent | |||
inflected | recente | |||
comparative | recenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | recent | recenter | het recentst het recentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | recente | recentere | recentste |
n. sing. | recent | recenter | recentste | |
plural | recente | recentere | recentste | |
definite | recente | recentere | recentste | |
partitive | recents | recenters | — |
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
recent m or n (feminine singular recentă, masculine plural recenți, feminine and neuter plural recente)
Declension
Declension of recent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | recent | recentă | recenți | recente | ||
definite | recentul | recenta | recenții | recentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | recent | recente | recenți | recente | ||
definite | recentului | recentei | recenților | recentelor |
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