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recent
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)
- Having happened a short while ago.
- Synonym: (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian
- Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
- Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
- (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.
- 2020 October 4, Evan Gough, "We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago", Science Alert:
- (obsolete, geology, astronomy, capitalized) Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.
Derived terms
- recently
- recent memory
Translations
Noun
recent (countable and uncountable, plural recents)
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- recent
Declension
recent From the web:
- what recently happened to tiger woods
- what recent transaction interests you and why
- what recent mean
- what recent celebrity died
- what recently happened at the white house
- what recent movies are on netflix
- what recent actor died
- what recent quarters are worth money
retent
English
Etymology
From Latin retentum, from retentus, perfect passive participle of retine?. See retain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t?nt/
Noun
retent (plural retents)
- That which is retained.
- 1854, Laurens Perseus Hickok, Empirical Psychology: Or, The Science of Mind from Experience
- The retent, when known, stands before us as if reflected and inverted in a mirror, the nearest events in the past being this way the nearest as actually remembered.
- 1854, Laurens Perseus Hickok, Empirical Psychology: Or, The Science of Mind from Experience
Anagrams
- Netter, netter, tenter
Catalan
Verb
retent
- present participle of retre
retent From the web:
- what retention means
- what retention
- what retention ratio
- what's retention rate
- what retention bonus
- what's retention time
- what's retention money
- what's retention of urine
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