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recent

∞ 1.0
Happening not long ago
  • adjective
  • /ˈriːsənt/
: reciente
  • She shared her thoughts on the recent developments in climate policy.
  • in recent years
  • most recent
  • a recent study

Can you speak to some recent high profile divorces?

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Examples

  • Two of the most notable cases in recent years occurred in the presidential election year of 2004.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Warfare, as we have known it in recent millennia, has developed alongside other societal changes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I think it's been pretty recent, like the last few years.

  • So looking at the more recent was the idea.

  • Read the most recent entry in your Notes app.

  • And that appears in my most recent poem as well.

  • Have you guys seen the most recent news on daylight savings?

  • Could we, could we talk about the recent protests in Hong Kong?

  • You know, there's actually been a lot of recent research and data that says we can.

  • Can you speak to some recent high profile divorces?

Synonyms

fresh
vsrecent
  • Informal
204 1.4

Happening very recently or only just now

is less immediate, meaning it happened not long ago
late
vsrecent
23 1.0

Happening not long before now

is used for events that began not long ago
newish
vsrecent
  • Informal
4 2.8

Made or bought fairly recently and not very old

is the neutral term for things that began not long ago
recentish
vsrecent
  • Informal
7.0

Not very new but not old

is the general word for events occurring not long before now

Antonyms

old
∞ 1.0

A thing that has existed for a long time and is not new

∞ 3.4

Very old and from a long time ago

Idioms

During the time people can still remember

Compounds

20 3.5

A time in the recent past that people have lived through

Recent epoch
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A period of Earth's history lasting about ten thousand years

How Recent

brand-new
400 1.2
new
∞ 1.0
recent
∞ 1.0
recentish
  • Informal
7.0

Surface Forms

recent positive
recenter comparative
recentest superlative

Etymology

Recent comes from the Latin word recens, which meant 'fresh' or 'new', like a loaf just baked. So recent describes something that happened 'not long ago' and still feels 'fresh'.