RECENT


Meaning of RECENT in English

■ 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

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

ME: from L. recens , ~- or Fr. récent .

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