recent
adjEtymology
As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.
- borrowed from recēns
Definitions
Having happened a short while ago.
Up-to-date
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.
- I met three recent graduates at the conference.
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Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy
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.
A recently viewed or accessed item.
- Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.
The Holocene.
- He [Charles Lyell] ignored Quaternary, a term he never accepted. The Recent addressed the age “tenanted by man,” which at the time barely extended beyond the chronicles of the Bible.
Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.
The neighborhood
Derived
non-recent, nonrecent, recency, Recent, recentish, recentism, recently, recent memory, in recent memory, recentness, semirecent, subrecent, unrecent
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at recent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at recent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at recent
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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