Thesaurus: recent
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.
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Definitions
- a. 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.
- a. Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
- adj. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- 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.
- Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recentshells.