current

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 an account with a bank from which money may be withdrawn by cheque.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

26 more languages

العربيةجارحاليمتداول

Bosanskiaktualanaktuelanažurantekućitrenutanажуранактуаланактуелантекући+ 6 more

Češtinaaktuálníběžnýmomentálnínynějšísoučasný+ 2 more

Ελληνικάεπίκαιροςτρεχούμενοςτρέχων

Suomiajankohtainenajanmukainenaktuaaliaktuaalinenaktuellijuoksevakuluvakuranttinykyaikainennykyinentämänhetkinentoistainenvallitsevavoimassa oleva+ 11 more

Galegoactualcorrente

עבריתחדש

हिन्दीअद्यतनप्रचलितमौजूदाहालिया+ 1 more

Hrvatskiaktualanaktuelanažurantekućitrenutanажуранактуаланактуелантекући+ 6 more

Bahasa Indonesiakinisekarang

Italianocorrente

日本語当座本瀬現在現行+ 2 more

한국어-류현

Kurdîaktûelcarîkinî

Latinausualis

Latviešuaktuālsesošaisesošspašreizējsšodienīgs+ 2 more

Nederlandshuidige

Polskiaktualnybieżącykażdoczesnyobecnyobiecnyteraźni+ 3 more

Portuguêscorrente

Русскийнынешний

Српскиaktualanaktuelanažurantekućitrenutanажуранактуаланактуелантекући+ 6 more

Svenskagällandeinnevarandepågåenderådande+ 1 more

ไทยปัจจุบัน

Türkçeaktüelbugünkücarigeçerligüncelgündeşşimdiki+ 4 more

Українськанинішнійпоточнийходячий

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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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