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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
  • adj. Modern; new.
  • adj. Geology Of, belonging to, or denoting the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.
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  • adj. Having happened a short while ago.
  • adj. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to time just before the present; not long past in occurrence or existence; lately happening or being; newly appearing, done, or made: as, recent events; recent importations; recent memories; recent news; a recent speech.
  • Of modern date, absolutely or relatively; not of primitive or remote origin; belonging to or occurring in times not far removed.
  • Still fresh in quality or existence; not old or degenerate; unchanged by time: said of things liable to rapid change, as newly gathered plants or specimens in natural history.
  • In geology, of or pertaining to the epoch regarded as the present from a geological point of view.
  • Lately come; not long removed or separated.
  • Synonyms Late, Fresh, etc. See new.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. new
  • adj. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
  • n. approximately the last 10,000 years
    • Equivalent
    new    past   
    Antonym
    ancient    obsolete   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    epoch   
    Cross Reference
    new    modern    fresh   
    Form
    recently   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fresh    novel    new    modern    late    young    low    neoteric    recall   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    decent    indecent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    previous    late    major   
     
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