recent

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

more recent

Superlative

most recent

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

recents

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Having happened a short while ago.

   • Is it a recent picture?

2. 2.Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.

   • Is it a recent picture?

3. 3.Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.

   • The cause has several hundred recent donors.
   • I met three recent graduates at the conference.

4. 4.Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

   • Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A recently viewed or accessed item.

   • Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Word family

• cent
• recently