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Meaning of recently | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

Definitions

  1. 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
  2. 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...
  3. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
  4. Modern; new.
  5. Recent Geology Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.
    Geology
  6. Only a moment ago:just, newly.
  7. Not long ago:late, lately, latterly.
  8. adv (= a short while ago) → vor Kurzem, kürzlich; (= the other day also) → neulich; (= during the last few days or weeks) → in letzter Zeit; recently he has been doing it differently → seit Kurzem macht er das anders; as recently as → erst; quite recently → erst vor Kurzem, erst kürzlich; until (quite) recently → (noch) bis vor Kurzem; he lived there until as recently as last year → er hat bis letztes Jahr noch dort gelebt
    adv

Equivalents

العربية قد مؤخرا
日本語 この度 先頃 昨今 時下
한국어 근래 요즘

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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