different between unusual vs recent

English

Alternative forms

• unusuall (obsolete)

Etymology

From un- +? usual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ju??u?l/, /?n?ju???l/

Adjective

unusual (comparative more unusual, superlative most unusual)

1. Not usual, out of the ordinary

   Synonyms: uncommon, rare, extraordinary, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:strange

   Antonyms: normal, usual, common, ordinary

Derived terms

• unusually
• unusualness

Translations

Noun

unusual (plural unusuals)

1. Something that is unusual; an anomaly.
   • 1905, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes

     I should say that it was very unusual for such men to leave a bottle half empty. How do all these unusuals strike you, Watson?

   • 1939, Pauline Redmond, Wilfrid Redmond, Business paper writing, a career (page 154)

     Two of these unusuals have been selected for special effort throughout the season. They are kneeling pads and water-proof garden gloves. During the bulb planting season they are displayed with the bulbs […]

References

• unusual at OneLook Dictionary Search

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