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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
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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- Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable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?
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upriver
English
Alternative forms
- up-river
Etymology
up- +? river
Adverb
upriver (not comparable)
- Towards the source of a river.
- Against the current.
Adjective
upriver (comparative further upriver, superlative furthest upriver)
- Towards the source of a river.
Synonyms
- upstream
Antonyms
- downriver
- downstream
Translations
See also
- up the creek without a paddle
- up the river
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