Meaning of current | Babel Free

Definitions

1. present, current
2. Existing or occurring at the moment.
3. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.
4. factual
5. The flow of electricity through a conductor.
6. actual, real
7. Electric; of or relating to electricity.
   South-Asia
8. Something suggestive of running water:drift, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide.
9. present-day
10. Running or moving rapidly.
    obsolete
11. of or belonging to the present. current affairs; the current month; the current temperature. huidig, aktueel حاضِر، حالي، جارِ сегашен atual současný, nynější gegenwärtig nuværende; indeværende τρέχων, τωρινόςactual jooksev, päeva-, käesolev فعلی؛ کنونی nykyinen courant; actuel עָכשָיווִי वर्तमानकालिक tekuć, trenutan folyó sekarang yfirstandandi; núgildandi; nÿjastur corrente 現在の 현재의 dabartinis, dabar esantis, einamasis pašreizējs semasa actueel, huidigsamtids-, inneværende, gjeldende, aktuel...
12. of the current month, year, etc.
13. at the present time. John is currently working as a bus-driver. tans حاليّا، في الوَقت الحالي понастоящем atualmente v současné době zur Zeit for øjeblikket τώρα, προς το παρόνactualmente käesoleval hetkel در حال حاضر tällä hetkellä actuellementכעת आज-कल trenutno jelenleg sekarang núna, um þessar mundir attualmente 現在 현재 dabar, šiuo metu pašlaik; tagad masa kini op het ogenblikfor tidaobecnie په حاضر وخت کی actualmente la ora actuală теперь v súčasnosti trenutno trenutno för närvarande, just ...
14. an account with a bank from which money may be withdrawn by cheque. lopende rekening حِساب جارِ банкова сметка conta corrente běžný účet laufende Rechnung checkkonto; lønkonto; anfordringskonto τρεχούμενος λογαριασμόςcuenta corriente jooksev arve, jooksev konto حساب جاری shekkitili compte courant חֶשְבּוֹן עו”ש चालू खाता tekući račun folyószámla rekening koran hlaupareikningur; ávísanareikningur conto corrente 当座預金 당좌계좌 einamoji sąskaita tekošais rēķins akaun semasa lopende rekeningfoliokonto...
15. Belonging to the present time: current events; current leaders.
16. Passing from one to another; circulating: current bills and coins.
17. Prevalent, especially at the present time: current fashions. See Synonyms at prevailing.
18. Running; flowing.
19. A steady, smooth onward flow or movement: a current of air from a fan; a current of spoken words. See Synonyms at flow.

Equivalents

Examples

“current events”

“current leaders”

“current negotiations”

“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.”

“current affairs”

“current bills and coins”

“current fashions”

“That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.”

“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.”

“current bill”

“current shock”

“In April and May this year, the average daily current consumption dropped to 55 MU[…]Compared to household electricity charges, the current unit charge used by commercial companies is higher.[…]Electricity consumption is generally higher in summer as compared to monsoon and winter. The use of ACs will increase not only in homes but also in commercial establishments and current consumption will increase.”

“For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.”

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