different between current vs foreset

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)

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

   Synonyms: flow, stream

3. (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

4. a tendency or a course of events

   Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency

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Translations

Adjective

current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)

1. existing or occurring at the moment

   Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present

   Antonyms: future, past

2. 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   Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

3. (obsolete) running or moving rapidly

   • Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
     Upon a corde

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien

     To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

   Synonym: speeding

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Translations

Anagrams

• Curtner

Latin

Verb

current

1. third-person plural future active indicative of curr?

English

Alternative forms

• fore-set

Etymology

From Middle English foresetten, from Old English f?resettan (“to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede”), equivalent to fore- +? set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten (“to put in front”), German vorsetzen (“to put in front, offer, serve up”), Swedish föresätta (“to put before”).

Verb

foreset (third-person singular simple present foresets, present participle foresetting, simple past and past participle foreset)

1. (transitive) To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
2. (transitive, dialectal) To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
3. To propose, suggest.

Derived terms

• foresetting

Noun

foreset (plural foresets)

1. An obstacle; hindrance.
2. That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
3. (geology) The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.

   Most deltas contain three different types of deposits: foreset, topset and bottomset beds. — Fluvial Landforms

Derived terms

• (geology): foreset bed

Adjective

foreset (comparative more foreset, superlative most foreset)

1. Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

Anagrams

• foreste