Recent
Meaning of Recent
- having happened, begun, or been done not long ago; belonging to a past period comparatively close to the present.
his recent visit to Britain
a recent edition of the newspaper
- another term for Holocene.
noun, singular proper noun
the Holocene epoch.
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent .
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Hyphenation of Recent
Re-cent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Recent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Recent synonyms
Meaning late:
Meaning Holocene:
Meaning produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before:
Meaning belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now:
Meaning not previously known or used; new or different:
Meaning relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past:
Meaning belonging to or occurring in the present:
Meaning occurring or situated nearer to the end of something than to the beginning:
Meaning new or modern; recent:
Meaning nearest in time, relationship, or rank:
Recent antonyms
Meaning having lived for a long time; no longer young:
Meaning having previously been a particular thing:
Anagrams of Recent
Center, center, Centre, centre, entrec, tenrec
Words that rhyme with Recent
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