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Recent re·cent

Spelling: [ree-suh nt]

IPA: /ˈri sənt/

Recent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in Recent (ceenrt).

Definitions for Recent

noun

1. Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.

adjective

1. of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.:
2. not long past:
3. of or belonging to a time not long past.
4. (initial capital letter) Geology. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter half of the Quaternary Period; Holocene.

Origin of Recent

1525-35; Latin recent- (stem of recēns) fresh, new

Examples for Recent

In fact, in a recent study of their users internationally, it was the lowest priority for most.

The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.

The "state," as a matter of fact, is quite a recent invention.

Spouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.

The comedian responded to the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine by renewing his recent criticisms of the Islamic faith.

That this is wholly of recent growth, is not, of course, to be inferred.

The consciousness of recent misconduct filled her with extreme dread.

This river was not the least unique of our recent discoveries.

I'm so agitated by recent events, that, that—indeed you must excuse me.