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current
English
Etymology
From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of curr? (“I run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k???nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k???nt/, /?k???nt/
- (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
Noun
current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)
- The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
- the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.
- Synonyms: flow, stream
- (electricity) the time rate of flow of electric charge.
- Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
- Units:
- SI: ampere (A)
- CGS: esu/second (esu/s)
- Synonym: electric current
- a tendency or a course of events
- Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)
- existing or occurring at the moment
- Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present
- Antonyms: future, past
- generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
- Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date; see also Thesaurus:fashionable
- Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- (obsolete) running or moving rapidly
- Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
Upon a corde
- Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
- Synonym: speeding
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Curtner
Latin
Verb
current
- third-person plural future active indicative of curr?
current From the web:
- what current treatments exist for cancer
- what current events are happening
- what current means
- what current vaccines are mrna vaccines
- what current does the us use
- what current event happened this week
- what current is used in homes
- what current balance mean
after
English
Etymology
From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epotero- (“further behind, further away”), from *h?epo (“off, away”).
Cognate with Scots efter (“after”), North Frisian efter (“after, behind”), West Frisian after, achter, efter (“behind; after”), Low German/Dutch achter (“behind”), German after- (“after-”), Swedish/Danish efter (“after”), Norwegian etter (“after”), Icelandic eftir (“after”), aftur (“back, again”).
The Irish usage to indicate recent completion of an activity is a calque of the Irish collocation Táim tar éis... (“I have just...”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æf.t?(?)/, (trap-bath split) /???f.t?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æf.t?/
- Hyphenation: af?ter
Adverb
after (not comparable)
- Behind; later in time; following.
Derived terms
Translations
Preposition
after
- Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
- Behind.
- In pursuit of, seeking.
- In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
- 1735, The Sportsman's Dictionary
- Work your horse in a calade, after the Italian way; ride him straight, and then you make good use of the calade.
- 1735, The Sportsman's Dictionary
- Next in importance or rank.
- As a result of.
- In spite of.
- I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
- (Ireland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
- (dated) According to an author or text.
- Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
- to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
- (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
Usage notes
- The Irish English usage example is equivalent to "I had just finished my dinner when […] .".
Synonyms
- post
Derived terms
Translations
Conjunction
after
- Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
- 1991, Donald "Shadow" Rimgale (character), Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Donald "Shadow" Rimgale (character), Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft
Translations
Adjective
after
- (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, page 72:
- I did verily believe in my own mind, that I couldn't fight in that way at all; but my after experience convinced me that this was all a notion.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
- The amends he had made in after life were lost sight of in the dramatic glare of the original act.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, page 72:
- (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
Usage notes
- As shown in the examples above, the adverb in this nautical usage is aft and the related preposition is abaft.
Derived terms
- afterness
- after-party
Related terms
- aft
- abaft
- eft
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
- aftre, frate, freat, freta, rafte, trafe
German
Etymology
From Middle High German after, from Old High German after.
Preposition
after (governs the dative)
- (chiefly Early New High German) after
- 1853, Gustav Eduard Benseler, Geschichte Freibergs und seines Bergbaues. Erste Abtheilung, Freiberg, pg. 251:
- Nun fragte der Forderer weiter an: wer irgend einen von ihnen after dem Tage hause oder hofe, d. h. zu Hause oder Hofe beherberge, wie der ihm zu Rechte bestanden sein. [...] Auf die fernere Frage des Forderers: ob er ihrer einen after dem Tage ansichtig werde, wie oder mit wem er sie aufhalten sollte, erklärte man ihm […]
- 1853, Gustav Eduard Benseler, Geschichte Freibergs und seines Bergbaues. Erste Abtheilung, Freiberg, pg. 251:
Middle Dutch
Preposition
after
- (Holland) Alternative form of achter
Adverb
after
- (Holland) Alternative form of achter
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German after.
Preposition
after (+ dative)
- after
Old High German
Alternative forms
- aftar, efter
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *after, whence also Old English æfter, Old Norse aptr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?epótero- (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?af.ter/
Preposition
after (+ dative)
- after
- according to, in
Adverb
after
- behind
- after
- back
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?af?n/
Etymology 1
Adjective
after
- comparative degree of aft
Etymology 2
Adverb
after (comparative aftener, superlative aftenest)
- often, frequently
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish
Etymology
From English after[-party].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?afte?/, [?af.t?e?]
Noun
after m (plural afters)
- after-party
- late-night bar
West Frisian
Preposition
after
- Alternative form of achter
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- what after naruto
- what after dragon ball super
- what after naruto shippuden
- what after covid vaccine
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