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    re·cent
    [ˈrēs(ə)nt]
    adjective
    recent (adjective) · Recent (adjective)
    1. having happened, begun, or been done not long ago or not long before; belonging to a past period of time comparatively close to the present:
      "his recent visit to Britain" · "a recent edition of the newspaper"
    2. geology
      another term for Holocene
    noun
    geology
    (the Recent)
    recent (noun) · recents (plural noun)
    1. the Holocene epoch.
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent.
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    adjective
    1. having happened, begun, or been done not long ago or not long before; belonging to a past period of time comparatively close to the present:
      new
      late
      current
      fresh
      modern
      contemporary
      present-day
      up to date
      up to the minute
      latter-day
      latter
      neoteric
      immediate
      the latest
      not long past
      occurring/appearing recently
      just gone
      Opposite:
      old
      former
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  1. recent adjective re·​cent ˈrēs-ᵊnt 1 a : of or relating to a time not long past

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    happening or starting from a short time ago: a recent photo In recent years, sales have decreased. (Definition of recent from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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    adjective of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.

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    Recent - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

    If you talk about something that happened in recent months or years, it means the last one to three months or years. Otherwise, recent means new or just happened. It’s particularly useful when you don’t know exactly when …

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