different between recent vs unused

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 un- +? used.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?ju?zd/, /?n?ju?st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?juzd/, /?n?just/
• Rhymes: -u?zd, -u?st
• Hyphenation: un?used

Adjective

unused (comparative more unused, superlative most unused)

1. (not comparable) Not used.

   Synonyms: mint, new, pristine, virgin

   Antonyms: used, old, preloved, pre-owned, secondhand

2. Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with.
   • 1985, John Irving, The Cider House Rules: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, ISBN 978-0-688-03036-0; republished as The Cider House Rules, London: Black Swan, 1986, ISBN 978-0-552-99204-6, page 237:

     Oh shut up, Wally, Candy was thinking, although she understood why he couldn't stop babbling. He was unused to an environment he couldn't instantly brighten; he was unused to a place so despairing that it insisted on silence. He was unused to absorbing a shock, to simply taking it in. Wally's talk-a-mile style was a good-hearted effort; he believed in improving the world – he had to fix everything, to make everything better.

   Synonyms: unacquainted (with), unfamiliar with

   Antonyms: acquainted (with), familiar (with)

Usage notes

The second pronunciation (/-u?st/) is used for the “not accustomed” sense (especially in informal speech), and is a devoicing of the terminal /zd/ to /st/ under the influence of the /t/ of the following to. In very informal situations the final stop is often elided completely, leading to the pronunciation of “unused to” as a single word /??n.ju?s.t?/. In formal speech the second (/-u?st/) pronunciation is frequently proscribed in favour of the fully voiced (/-u?zd/) pronunciation, which is acceptable for either sense and is normally used for the “not used” sense in all registers.

Translations

Anagrams

• unsued