- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells. Source: opted
- 3. adj. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recentshells. Source: adambom
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