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21recent — [[t]ri͟ːs(ə)nt[/t]] ♦ ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A recent event or period of time happened only a short while ago. In the most recent attack one man was shot dead and two others were wounded... Sales have fallen by more than 75 percent in recent years …
22recent — adjective 1》 having happened or been done lately; belonging to a period of time not long ago. 2》 (Recent) Geology another term for Holocene. Derivatives recency noun recently adverb recentness noun Origin ME: from L. recens …
23recent — / ri:sFnt/ adjective having happened or begun to exist only a short time ago: recent developments in medicine | my recent visit to China | In recent years, terrorism has become a greater threat. recentness noun (U) …
24recent — re•cent [[t]ˈri sənt[/t]] adj. 1) of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events[/ex] 2) of or belonging to a time not long past 3) gel (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present epoch,… …
25RÉCENT — ENTE. adj. Nouveau, nouvellement fait, nouvellement arrivé. Un événement récent. Une découverte récente. Mettre un appareil sur une plaie pendant qu elle est encore récente. Cela est d une écriture toute récente. Plus ces drogues là sont récentes …
26recent — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ very ▪ comparatively, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, relati …
27recent — [16] English acquired recent from Latin recēns ‘new, fresh’, possibly via French récent. It is not clear where the Latin word came from, although some have linked it with Greek kainós ‘new’ (source of the English geological term cainozoic [19])… …
28recent — adjective 1) recent research Syn: new, (the) latest, current, fresh, modern, contemporary, up to date, up to the minute Ant: old 2) his recent visit Syn …
29recent*/*/*/ — [ˈriːs(ə)nt] adj happening or starting a short time ago a recent discovery[/ex] Business has boomed in recent years.[/ex] …
30recent — [16] English acquired recent from Latin recēns ‘new, fresh’, possibly via French récent. It is not clear where the Latin word came from, although some have linked it with Greek kainós ‘new’ (source of the English geological term cainozoic [19])… …
