recent

[ ree-suhnt ]

/ ˈri sənt /

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.

Words nearby recent

receiving line, receiving order, receiving set, recency effect, recension, recent, recept, receptacle, receptible, reception, reception centre

Origin of recent

1525–35; < Latin recent- (stem of recēns) fresh, new

SYNONYMS FOR recent

1 fresh, new. See modern.

ANTONYMS FOR recent

1 early, old.

OTHER WORDS FROM recent

re·cen·cy, re·cent·ness, nounre·cent·ly, adverbqua·si-re·cent, adjectivequa·si-re·cent·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for recency

Can the law of effect be interpreted as an instance of the sub-law of recency?
Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth
The factors that strengthen these tendencies or connections are the frequency, recency, primacy, and vividness of experience.
The Science of Human Nature|William Henry Pyle
No fact of science is more certainly established than the recency of man in geological time.
The Meeting-Place of Geology and History|Sir John William Dawson
That Mount Rainier should still retain so much of its internal heat is not surprising in view of the recency of its eruptions.
Mount Rainier|Various

Hallucinations depend largely upon the recency, frequency, and vividness of past experience.
Visual Illusions|Matthew Luckiesh

British Dictionary definitions for recency (1 of 2)

recent

/ (ˈriːsənt) /

adjective

having appeared, happened, or been made not long ago; modern, fresh, or new

Derived forms of recent

recently, adverbrecentness or recency, noun

Word Origin for recent

C16: from Latin recens fresh; related to Greek kainos new

British Dictionary definitions for recency (2 of 2)

Recent

/ (ˈriːsənt) /

adjective, noun

geology another word for Holocene

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Scientific definitions for recency

Recent

[ rē′sənt ]

See Holocene.