recent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#RECENTCategory:English terms derived from Latin#RECENT recēns (genitive recentis).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rē'sənt, IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.sənt/Category:English 2-syllable words#RECENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RECENT
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɹi.sənt/Category:English 2-syllable words#RECENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RECENT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#RECENTAudio (US): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.sənt/, [ˈɹɪiː.sənt], [ˈɹɪ̈i.sənt]Category:English 2-syllable words#RECENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RECENT
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.sənt/Category:English 2-syllable words#RECENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RECENT
- Hyphenation: re‧cent
- Rhymes: -iːsəntCategory:Rhymes:English/iːsənt#RECENTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːsənt/2 syllables#RECENT
Adjective
recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)Category:English lemmas#RECENTCategory:English adjectives#RECENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT
- Having happened a short while ago.
- Synonym: (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 22 February 2016, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.Category:English terms with quotations#RECENT
- Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
- Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
- The cause has several hundred recent donors.Category:English terms with usage examples#RECENT
- I met three recent graduates at the conference.Category:English terms with usage examples#RECENT
- (sciencesCategory:en:Sciences#RECENT) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
- 2020 October 4, Evan Gough, “We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago”, in Science Alert:
- Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.Category:English terms with quotations#RECENT
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
recent (plural recents)Category:English lemmas#RECENTCategory:English nouns#RECENTCategory:English countable nouns#RECENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#RECENT, graphical user interfaceCategory:en:Graphical user interface#RECENT) A recently viewed or accessed item.
- 2012, Jason R. Rich, Your iPad 2 at Work, page 308:
- Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.Category:English terms with quotations#RECENT
Anagrams
Category:en:Time#RECENTCatalan
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#RECENTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#RECENT recentem. First attested in 1653.[1] See also rentar.
Pronunciation
Adjective
recent m or f (masculine and feminine plural recents)Category:Catalan lemmas#RECENTCategory:Catalan adjectives#RECENTCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#RECENTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ↑ “recent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Further reading
- “recent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “recent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “recent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#RECENTCategory:Dutch terms derived from French#RECENT récent, from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#RECENT [Term?]Category:Middle French term requests#RECENT, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#RECENT recēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rəˈsɛnt/, /reːˈsɛnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#RECENT
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#RECENTAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: re‧cent
- Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt#RECENTCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt/2 syllables#RECENT
Adjective
recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)Category:Dutch lemmas#RECENTCategory:Dutch adjectives#RECENTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT
Declension
| Declension of recent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | recent | |||
| inflected | recente | |||
| comparative | recenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | recent | recenter | het recentst het recentste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | recente | recentere | recentste |
| n. sing. | recent | recenter | recentste | |
| plural | recente | recentere | recentste | |
| definite | recente | recentere | recentste | |
| partitive | recents | recenters | — | |
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#RECENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#RECENT récent, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#RECENT recēns. Doublet of receCategory:Romanian doublets#RECENT, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
Adjective
recent m or n (feminine singular recentă, masculine plural recenți, feminine/neuter plural recente)Category:Romanian lemmas#RECENTCategory:Romanian adjectives#RECENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#RECENTCategory:Pages with entries#RECENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RECENT
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | recent | recentă | recenți | recente | ||
| definite | recentul | recenta | recenții | recentele | |||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | recent | recente | recenți | recente | ||
| definite | recentului | recentei | recenților | recentelor | |||