ənt noun
the state or quality of being current; currency.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of the immediate present; in progress: current events |
| 2. | most recent; up-to-date |
| 3. | commonly known, practised, or accepted; widespread: a current rumour |
| 4. | circulating and valid at present: current coins |
| —n | |
| 5. | (esp of water or air) a steady usually natural flow |
| 6. | a mass of air, body of water, etc, that has a steady flow in a particular direction |
| 7. | the rate of flow of such a mass |
| 8. | physics Also called: electric current |
| a. a flow of electric charge through a conductor | |
| b. I the rate of flow of this charge. It is measured in amperes | |
| 9. | a general trend or drift: currents of opinion |
| [C13: from Old French corant, literally: running, from corre to run, from Latin currere] | |
| 'currently | |
| —adv | |
| 'currentness | |
| —n | |
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