recent
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adjective
of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
not long past: in recent years.
of or belonging to a time not long past.
(initial capital letter) Geology. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter half of the Quaternary Period; Holocene.
noun
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
Origin of recent
1525–35; < Latin recent- (stem of recēns) fresh, new
Synonyms for recent
Antonyms for recent
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Historical Examples of recency
For owing to their recency the knowledge of them still remains distinct.
This is the natural consequence of recency of settlement and rapid increase.
Daniel Webster for Young AmericansDaniel Webster
Can the law of effect be interpreted as an instance of the sub-law of recency?
PsychologyRobert S. Woodworth
Japanese work has been severely criticized, but the recency of the introduction of the cotton industry must not be forgotten.
We may thus represent to the eye the recency of man's appearance, so far as at present known to science.
The Meeting-Place of Geology and HistorySir John William Dawson
recent
adjective
Word Origin for recent
C16: from Latin recens fresh; related to Greek kainos new
Recent
adjective, noun
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