I.
noun
1 continuous flowing movement of water
ADJECTIVE
▪ fast , fast-flowing , powerful , strong , swift
▪ cold , warm
▪ rip
▪ tidal
▪ dangerous , treacherous
▪ ocean , water
▪ prevailing
▪
The prevailing ~ flows from east to west.
▪ offshore
CURRENT + VERB
▪ flow
▪ carry sb/sth , sweep sb/sth
▪
The strong ~ carried the boat downstream.
▪
She was swept away by the treacherous ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ against a/the ~
▪
He was swimming against the ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The boat was carried along in the ~.
▪ with a/the ~
▪
It's easier to go with the ~.
2 flow of air
ADJECTIVE
▪ warm
▪ air , wind
▪
Birds of prey use warm air ~s to lift them high in the sky.
▪ convection
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of air
3 flow of electricity through a wire
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , strong
▪ low , weak
▪ electric , electrical
▪ alternating , direct
▪ input , inward
▪ output , outward
VERB + CURRENT
▪ generate , induce , produce
▪ carry , conduct , pass , transmit
▪ switch off , switch on
▪
Check all your wiring before switching on the ~.
CURRENT + VERB
▪ flow , pass through sth
▪
Measure the ~ flowing in the wire.
II.
adj.
Current is used with these nouns: ↑ account , ↑ affair , ↑ asset , ↑ boyfriend , ↑ chairman , ↑ champion , ↑ chief executive , ↑ circumstance , ↑ client , ↑ climate , ↑ consensus , ↑ consumption , ↑ context , ↑ contract , ↑ controversy , ↑ craze , ↑ crisis , ↑ curriculum vitae , ↑ customer , ↑ debate , ↑ decade , ↑ demand , ↑ doctrine , ↑ document , ↑ dogma , ↑ driving licence , ↑ edition , ↑ emphasis , ↑ employer , ↑ estimate , ↑ event , ↑ evidence , ↑ expansion , ↑ expenditure , ↑ fad , ↑ fascination , ↑ fashion , ↑ form , ↑ furore , ↑ generation , ↑ girlfriend , ↑ government , ↑ home , ↑ impasse , ↑ incarnation , ↑ inhabitant , ↑ initiative , ↑ interest , ↑ issue , ↑ jargon , ↑ job , ↑ knowledge , ↑ literature , ↑ mania , ↑ mayor , ↑ month , ↑ mood , ↑ move , ↑ obsession , ↑ occupant , ↑ occupation , ↑ offering , ↑ orthodoxy , ↑ output , ↑ owner , ↑ parliament , ↑ phase , ↑ plight , ↑ popularity , ↑ position , ↑ practice , ↑ predicament , ↑ preoccupation , ↑ president , ↑ projection , ↑ quarter , ↑ record , ↑ regime , ↑ regulation , ↑ requirement , ↑ research , ↑ residence , ↑ revival , ↑ rule , ↑ ruler , ↑ salary , ↑ scandal , ↑ schedule , ↑ session , ↑ shortage , ↑ single , ↑ situation , ↑ slang , ↑ slump , ↑ stalemate , ↑ standard , ↑ standing , ↑ state , ↑ status , ↑ study , ↑ system , ↑ technology , ↑ tenant , ↑ theory , ↑ thinking , ↑ total , ↑ trend , ↑ trouble , ↑ turmoil , ↑ uncertainty , ↑ usage , ↑ use , ↑ user , ↑ valuation , ↑ version , ↑ view , ↑ vogue , ↑ wave , ↑ whereabouts , ↑ year