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recentness

recentness

3.9
How close in time something is to now
  • noun
  • /ˈriːsəntnəs/
translation icon : recencia
  • Recentness: Was the research reviewed current, including significant work of the 1980s?

Examples

  • Although the intensity and the relative recentness of 9/11 bring their own set of issues, this is not a new discussion.

    Blog text (7)

  • The consideration of frequency and recentness is significant for gifted identification because teachers may have had little experience with gifted students, resulting in weak exemplars.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Many students struggle to adjust to their new school due to the recentness of their relocation.

  • The recentness of the updates in the software has improved its performance significantly.

  • Due to the recentness of the events, many people are still processing their emotions.

Synonyms

newness
vsrecentness
12 1.9

A thing that has not been seen or used before

focuses on happening not long ago rather than originating for the first time
recency
vsrecentness
1 6.4

The fact that something happened not long ago

is the same idea expressed by a different term

Antonyms

oldness
1 4.0

How long a person or thing has been around

ancientness
8.3

A quality that shows something is very old

How Recent

newness
12 1.9
recentness
3.9
datedness
8.2
oldness
1 4.0
antiquity
5 7.3

Surface Forms

recentness singular
recentnesses plural

Morphology

recentness = recent (transparent) = recent + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'recent' with '-ness' yields 'the state or quality of being recent', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word recentness starts from the word recent, which comes from the old Latin word recens meaning 'fresh' or 'new', and the ending -ness turns an adjective into a thing or quality. So, recentness is the 'quality of being new', which explains why it means something happened not long ago.