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   recent

   /ˈriːsnt/

   adjective

   • 1. having happened, begun, or been done not long ago; belonging to a past period comparatively close to the present: "his recent visit to Britain" Similar newthe latestlatecurrentfreshmoderncontemporarypresent-dayup to dateup to the minutelatter-daylatterrare:neotericnot long pastoccurring/appearing recentlyimmediatejust goneOpposite oldformer
   • 2. another term for Holocene

   noun

   • 1. the Holocene epoch.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent.

   Derivatives

   • 1. recency noun
   • 2. recentness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

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