HyperDic: recent

English > 3 senses of the word *recent / Recent*:
ADJECTIVE	all	recent	new
ADJECTIVE	all	recent, late	of the immediate / immediate past or just previous to the present time
NOUN	time	Recent, Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch	approximately the last 10,000 years

recent / Recent > pronunciation
Sounds	riy'sahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *recent*: 3 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	New.
Examples	"recent graduates" "a recent addition to the house" "recent buds on the apple trees"
Broader	new	not of long duration
Spanish	reciente
Catalan	recent
Nouns	recency, recentness	the property of having happened or appeared not long ago

English > *recent*: 3 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Of the immediate / immediate past or just previous to the present time.
Examples	"his recent trip to Africa" "in recent months" "a recent issue of the journal"
Synonym	late
Broader	past	Earlier than the present time
Spanish	reciente
Catalan	recent
Nouns	recency	the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
Nouns	recentness	a time immediately before the present
Adverbs	recently	in the recent past

English > *Recent*: 3 senses > noun 1, time
Meaning	approximately the last 10,000 years.
Synonyms	Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch
Instance of	epoch	A unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
Part of	Quaternary, Quaternary period, Age of Man	last 2 million years
Spanish	holoceno
Catalan	holocè, postglacial

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