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recency

recency

1 6.4
The fact that something happened not long ago
  • noun
  • /ˈriːsənsi/
translation icon : recencia
  • Of course, the recency of the launch of a video will affect the number of hits it got.
  • recency effect
  • recency of immigration

And knowing how the credit algorithms work, recency is extremely important.

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Examples

  • Owing to the recency of adopting African children, we were unable to find research data on African adoptees.

    Academic text (2006)
  • There are not, after all, many in such groups of the third generation, owing to the recency of their immigration.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Now is the time to call up the power of the recency effect.

    Academic text (2010)
  • And knowing how the credit algorithms work, recency is extremely important.

  • Look at the voting patterns by recency of immigration in any recent election.

    Blog text (4)
  • Nonsignificant predictors were family size, parental employment, and recency of birthday.

    Academic text (1996)
  • One major finding was a recency effect, where students' memories were more salient or vivid in the upper grades (grades 10-12).

    Academic text (2014)
  • Postsecondary programs and employers can—and do—set varying standards in relation to the comprehensiveness and the recency of this documentation.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The recency of the decision to change the policy surprised many employees.

  • Researchers noted that the recency of events affects how people remember them.

Synonyms

newness
vsrecency
12 1.9

A thing that has not been seen or used before

focuses on time of occurring rather than on prior nonexistence
recentness
vsrecency
3.9

How close in time something is to now

refers to things that happened or appeared not long ago

Antonyms

18 7.6

A period before the Middle Ages, for example ancient Greece and Rome

How Recent

newness
12 1.9
recency
1 6.4
datedness
8.2
antiquity
18 7.6

Surface Forms

recency singular
recencies plural

Morphology

recency = recent (transparent) = recent + cy

The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'recent' with '-cy' meaning 'state or quality', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word recency comes from the same root as recent, which came from a Latin word meaning 'fresh' or 'new'. So recency is the quality of being 'recent' — having happened not long ago.