See also: récent and Recent

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: rē'sənt, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːsənt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːsənt
  • Hyphenation: re‧cent

Adjective edit

recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)

  1. Having happened a short while ago.
    Synonym: (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 22 February 2016, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
  2. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
  3. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
    The cause has several hundred recent donors.
    I met three recent graduates at the conference.
  4. (sciences) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

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Noun edit

recent (plural recents)

  1. (computing, graphical user interface) A recently viewed or accessed item.
    • 2012, Jason R. Rich, Your iPad 2 at Work, page 308:
      Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin recentem. First attested in 1653.[1] See also rentar.

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Adjective edit

recent m or f (masculine and feminine plural recents)

  1. recent

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References edit

  1. ^ recent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French récent, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin recēns.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rəˈsɛnt/, /reːˈsɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧cent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective edit

recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)

  1. recent

Inflection edit

Inflection of recent
uninflected recent
inflected recente
comparative recenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial recent recenter het recentst
het recentste
indefinite m./f. sing. recente recentere recentste
n. sing. recent recenter recentste
plural recente recentere recentste
definite recente recentere recentste
partitive recents recenters

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French récent, from Latin recēns. Doublet of rece, which was inherited.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

recent m or n (feminine singular recentă, masculine plural recenți, feminine and neuter plural recente)

  1. recent

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