different between recent vs early

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rec?ns (genitive recentis). As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?'s?nt, IPA^(key): /??i?s?nt/
• Hyphenation: re?cent

Adjective

recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)

1. Having happened a short while ago.

   Synonym: (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian
2. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
3. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.

4. (sciences) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
   • 2020 October 4, Evan Gough, "We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago", Science Alert:

     Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.

5. (obsolete, geology, astronomy, capitalized) Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

Derived terms

• recently
• recent memory

Translations

Noun

recent (countable and uncountable, plural recents)

1. (obsolete, geology, capitalized) An earlier term for the Holocene.

References

Anagrams

• Center, Centre, center, centre, tenrec

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recens, recentem. First attested 1653. See also rentar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r??sent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r??sen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?sent/

Adjective

recent (masculine and feminine plural recents)

1. recent

Derived terms

• recentment

Related terms

• rentar

References

Further reading

• “recent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French récent, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin rec?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??s?nt/, /re??s?nt/
• Hyphenation: re?cent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)

1. recent

Inflection

Derived terms

• recentelijk

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récent, from Latin rec?ns. Doublet of rece, which was inherrited.

Adjective

recent m or n (feminine singular recent?, masculine plural recen?i, feminine and neuter plural recente)

1. recent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English erly, erli, from Old English ?rl??e, ?rl??e (“early; early in the morning”), equivalent to ere +? -ly. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla, Faroese árla). Compare also West Frisian earen (“early”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??li/, enPR: ûr?l?
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.li/, enPR: ûr?l?
• Rhymes: -??(?)li
• Hyphenation: ear?ly
• Homophone: Earley

Adjective

early (comparative earlier, superlative earliest)

1. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

2. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

3. Near the start or beginning.

4. Having begun to occur; in its early stages.

5. (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.

   Antonym: late

Synonyms

• (at a time in advance of the usual): premature
• (near the start): first

Antonyms

• (at a time in advance of the usual): late
• (illness: having begun to occur): terminal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adverb

early (comparative earlier, superlative earliest)

1. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.

2. Soon; in good time; seasonably.

   • Those that seek me early shall find me.

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The May Queen

     You must wake and call me early.

Synonyms

• prematurely

Antonyms

• late, tardily

Translations

Noun

early (plural earlies)

1. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.

Antonyms

• late

Anagrams

• Arely, Arley, Layer, Leary, Raley, Rayle, layer, leary, re-lay, relay