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1. (adj.) recent
of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.:
recent events.
2. recent
of or belonging to a time not long past.
3. recent
(cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter part of the Quaternary Period; Holocene.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L recent- (s. of recēns) fresh, new)
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1. (adj) Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch
approximately the last 10,000 years
2. (adj) recent
new
"recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees"
3. (adj) late(a), recent
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
"a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal"
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1. (adjective) recent
happening not long ago
the change in her attitude in recent days/weeks/months; a recent article in the paper
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1. (adj) recent
of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news
2. (adj) recent
of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells
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Sense: happening, done etc not long ago
Things have changed in recent weeks; recent events.
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 Afrikaans: onlangs |
 Arabic: حَديث، قَريب العَهْد |
 Bulgarian: скорошен |
 Brazilian: recente |
 Czech: nedávný |
 German: vor kurzem |
 Danish: sidste; seneste |
 Greek: πρόσφατος |
 Spanish: reciente |
 Estonian: hiljutine |
 Farsi: تازه؛ جدید |
 Finnish: äskettäinen |
 French: récent |
 Hebrew: שֶׁלא מִזמָן |
 Hindi: हाल का |
 Croatian: posljednji |
 Hungarian: újabb keletű |
 Indonesian: mutakhir |
 Icelandic: nÿlegur |
 Italian: recente |
 Japanese: 最近の |
 Korean: 최근의 |
 Lithuanian: pastaras, nesenas |
 Latvian: nesens; pēdējais |
 Malay: baru-baru ini |
 Dutch: laatst |
 Norwegian: som nylig har funnet sted |
 Polish: ostatni |
 Persian: تازه؛ جدید |
 Pashto: نوى، تازه، راوروسته، نژدى |
 Portuguese: recente |
 Romanian: recent |
 Russian: недавний; последний |
 Slovak: nedávny, posledný |
 Slovenian: nedaven |
 Serbian: skorašnji |
 Swedish: senaste, nyligen skedd |
 Thai: เร็ว ๆ นี้ |
 Turkish: yeni (olmuş), geçen |
 Taiwanese: 最近的 |
 Ukrainian: недавній, останній |
 Urdu: حالیہ |
 Vietnamese: gần đây |
 Chinese: 最近的 |
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