Meaning of recent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Holocene.
   obsolete
2. The Holocene
3. A recently viewed or accessed item.
4. yeast
5. Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century
6. See Holocene.
7. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
8. Of or relating to the present or times close to the present:latter-day, modern.
9. third-person singular imperative
10. happening, done etc not long ago. Things have changed in recent weeks; recent events. onlangs حَديث، قَريب العَهْد скорошен recente nedávný vor kurzem sidste; seneste πρόσφατοςreciente hiljutine تازه؛ جدید äskettäinen récent שֶׁלא מִזמָן हाल का posljednji újabb keletű mutakhir nÿlegur recente 最近の 최근의 pastaras, nesenas nesens; pēdējais baru-baru ini laatst som nylig har funnet sted, ferskostatni نوى، تازه، راوروسته، نژدى recente recent недавний; последний nedávny, posledný nedaven skorašnji se...
    etc
11. He came to see me recently. onlangs مؤخَّرا на скоро recentemente nedávno kürzlich for nyligt πρόσφαταrecientemente hiljuti به تازگی؛ اخیرا äskettäin récemmentלאחרונה हाल में nedavno, u posljednje vrijeme mostanában, a napokban belum lama nÿlega recentemente 最近 최근에 neseniai, pastaruoju metu nesen; pēdējā laikā baru-baru ini onlangsnyligniedawno, ostatnio په نژدى وخت كى، په راوروسته زمانه كى recentemente recent, curând недавно nedávno nedavno nedavno nyligen, på sista tiden เมื่อเร็ว ๆ นี้ geç...
12. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
13. Modern; new.
14. Recent Geology Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.
    Geology
15. having appeared, happened, or been made not long ago; modern, fresh, or new
16. (Geological Science) geology another word for Holocene
    geology
17. of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

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