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recency

recency

1 6.4
The fact that something happened not long ago
  • noun
  • /ˈriːsənsi/
: 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
11 1.9

A thing that has not been seen or used before

focuses on time of occurring rather than on prior nonexistence
recentness
vsrecency
1 3.9

How close in time something is to now

refers to things that happened or appeared not long ago

Antonyms

14 7.6

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

How Recent

newness
11 1.9
recency
1 6.4
datedness
1 8.2
antiquity
14 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.