English to English
Recent
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adjective (a)
- 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- approximately the last 10,000 years(noun.time)source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- new(adj.all)Example:
Recent graduates.
A recent addition to the house.
Recent buds on the apple trees.
source: wordnet30 - of the immediate past or just previous to the present time(adj.all)Example:
His recent trip to Africa.
In recent months.
A recent issue of the journal.
source: wordnet30
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