Recent

Definition of recent:

Recentness.
Recently.
near to or not long before the present; " recent times"; " of recent origin"
being new in a time not long past; " recent graduates"; " a recent addition to the house"; " recent buds on the apple trees"
Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.
Pertaining to time not long past; new; modern; fresh.
Of late origin or occurrence: not long parted from: fresh: modern: ( geol.) subsequent to the existence of man.
New; fresh; late.
Of late origin or occurrence; modern; lately received; fresh; of a date subsequent to the existence of man.
Of late origin or existence; modern; fresh; lately received; not long parted from; not ancient; in geol., that has taken place during the human epoch, or is still in progress.

Usage examples for recent

It was a bitter realisation, and a recent one. Missing by Mrs. Humphry Ward
At last the conversation turned again upon recent events, and especially upon the part Del Ferice and Donna Tullia had played in attempting to prevent the marriage. Saracinesca by F. Marion Crawford
To do Mr Pottinger justice, this opinion of his was of no recent date. Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed

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