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re⋅cent

  [ree-suhnt]
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–adjective
1. of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
2. not long past: in recent years.
3. of or belonging to a time not long past.
4. (initial capital letter) Geology. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter half of the Quaternary Period; Holocene.
–noun
5. Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
Origin:
1525–35; < L recent- (s. of recēns) fresh, new

Related forms:
re⋅cen⋅cy, re⋅cent⋅ness, noun
re⋅cent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. fresh, new. See modern.

Antonyms:
1. early, old.
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re·cent   (rē'sənt)   
adj.  
  1. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
  2. Modern; new.
  3. Recent Geology Of, belonging to, or denoting the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.

[Middle English, new, fresh, from Latin recēns, recent-; see ken- in Indo-European roots.]
re'cen·cy, re'cent·ness n., re'cent·ly adv.
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Recent

Re"cent\, a. [L. recens, -entis: cf. F. r['e]cent.]

1. 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.

The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. --Woodward.

2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
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Language Translation for : recent
Spanish: reciente,
German: vor kurzem,
Japanese: 最近の
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recent 
1533, from L. recentem (nom. recens) "lately done or made, new, fresh," from re- + PIE base *ken- "fresh, new, young" (cf. Gk. kainos "new;" Skt. kanina- "young;" O.Ir. cetu- "first;" O.C.S. na-cino "to begin," koni "beginning.").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Recent   (rē'sənt)  Pronunciation Key 
See Holocene.
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