current
166
3.2
- noun
- /ˈkɜːrənt/
:
corriente
- Just let the current take you.
- ocean currents
- wind currents
- air currents
But like, I can feel some currents in my face.
- But like, I can feel some currents in my face.
- And that is what is calling causing the current flow towards Europe.
- But what's underneath the currents flowing in the opposite direction?
- It's more like a, a force, a river, a current that's that's going along.
- And we ended up having to like, let the current take us down to another portion.
- He said you, you try to like swim against the current and it's not going to work.
Examples
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You think the current will take us over there?
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It's good to have your hand on the rudder and know when the current is moving powerfully.
Academic text (2011) -
Guess the current must have carried it away.
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The current has not yet been interrupted in this area.
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As he did so, he felt an underwater current suck at him, pushing him off course.
Fiction book (1990) -
Oh, the coastal currents off this point are very treacherous.
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Ellen's parents looked at one another, and Ellen felt a current of something between them that startled her.
Fiction book (1991) -
The whole climate is changing: the winds, the ocean currents, the storm patterns, snow pack, snow melt, flooding, droughts.
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Swept up by the great currents... ... he was carried endlessly across vast oceans... ... to worlds unknown.
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Many fish can be found swimming in the strong current of the river.
Synonyms
307
2.3
A steady movement of people, goods, or information
150
1.0
A continuous flow of people, things, or ideas
8
3.1
A steady movement of sea water in one direction that moves heat around the planet
4
3.3
A movement of air from one place to another
1
2.6
Air moving through a place or system
1
2.8
Movement of air through a space or system
1
3.5
A flow of air moving through a space, often as a breeze or strong gust
1
4.2
A steady current of air that moves across a region
Antonyms
Idioms
To move forward despite strong opposition or many difficulties
Compounds
- Specialized
8
3.1
A steady movement of sea water in one direction that moves heat around the planet
4
3.4
A fast, powerful flow of water in a river or the sea that pulls people and things away
- Specialized
3
3.5
An electric flow that moves steadily in one direction, for example from a battery
- Specialized
3
6.3
A record of a country's trade in goods and services and money sent to or from other countries
2
6.0
A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away
- Specialized
1
3.6
Items a company can turn into cash within one year, like inventory or money owed to it
- Specialized
1
3.7
Energy made when charged particles move steadily through a wire to power devices
- Specialized
1
5.7
Recent information about events that people share quickly because it is needed now
- Specialized
A part on trams and trains that takes electricity from overhead wires or a rail to power them
- Specialized
An electric flow that moves in one direction and does not reverse
- Specialized
A current that flows west along the equator because of steady winds
- Specialized
A flow of electricity that moves back and forth regularly, like the power in homes
A warm ocean current that flows northeast off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific
- Specialized
A cold ocean current that flows north along the west coast of South America
- Specialized
A warm ocean current that flows northeast from the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific
- Specialized
A warm ocean flow that moves west across the Pacific just north of the equator
- Specialized
An electric flow between two metal parts caused by heat making electrons leave one part
- Specialized
An ocean flow that moves westward just south of the equator
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word current comes from the Latin currere, which means 'to run'. Think of a river running: a current is a steady flow of water, air, or even ideas.