Not long past: in recent years. Of or belonging to a time not long past. (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. Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada. Click on an earthquake on the above map for a zoomed-in view. Map Information. How do earthquakes get on these maps? Search Earthquakes Near You (Relative2Me). Map Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Brown lines are known hazardous faults and fault zones.
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re·cent
(rē′sənt)adj.1. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
3. RecentGeology Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.
[Middle English, new, fresh, from Latin recēns, recent-; see ken- in Indo-European roots.]
re′cent·ly adv.
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recent
(ˈriːsənt) adjRecent News
having appeared, happened, or been made not long ago; modern, fresh, or new
[C16: from Latin recens fresh; related to Greek kainos new]
ˈrecentness, ˈrecencyn
Recent
(ˈriːsənt) adj, n (Geological Science) geology another word for Holocene
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re•cent
(ˈri sənt)adj.
1. of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events.
3. (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter part of the Quaternary Period; Holocene.
n. 4. Also called Holocene. (cap.) Geol. the Recent Epoch.
[1525–35; < Latin recent- (s. of recēns) fresh, new]
re′cent•ly,adv.
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(rē′sənt)The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
recent
- Amazonian epoch - The Amazonian epoch is the most recent of the Martian geologic epochs, from 1,800 years ago to the present.
- grey, gray - The distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is recent, popping up in the 20th century.
- Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene - Pleistocene means 'most recent,' Pliocene means 'more recent,' Miocene means 'moderately recent,' and Oligocence means 'but a little recent.'
- neoteric - Used to describe a person, especially an author, it means one belongs to modern/recent times—but it might also refer to a person having a modern outlook or new ideas; when used of things, it indicates that they are modern, new, or recent.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | Recent - approximately the last 10,000 years Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch Age of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary period - last 2 million years |
| Adj. | 1. | recent - new; 'recent graduates'; 'a recent addition to the house'; 'recent buds on the apple trees' new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; 'a new law'; 'new cars'; 'a new comet'; 'a new friend'; 'a new year'; 'the New World' |
| 2. | recent - of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; 'a late development'; 'their late quarrel'; 'his recent trip to Africa'; 'in recent months'; 'a recent issue of the journal' past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; 'time past'; 'his youth is past'; 'this past Thursday'; 'the past year' |
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recent
adjective1.not long past, just gone, occurring recentlySales have fallen by more than 75 per cent in recent years.
2.new, modern, contemporary, up-to-date, late, young, happening(informal), current, fresh, novel, latter, present-day, latter-daya faster, sleeker, more recent model
newold, earlier, early, former, ancient, historical, antique
newold, earlier, early, former, ancient, historical, antique
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recent
adjectiveOf or relating to the present or times close to the present:
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неотдавнашен
frisknyligseneste
äskeinenäskettäinentuore
nedavni
nÿlegur
最近の
naujasnesenaspastaras
recent
nedávny
nynylig
recent
[ˈriːsnt]ADJ [event, survey, trip, photograph, history] → recientehis most recent book → su libromásreciente
a recent acquaintance → un conocido de hace pocotiempo
a recent arrival (= person) →
Recent Synonyms
un recién llegadorecent developments in Biology → los últimosavancesen el campode labiología
in the recent past → → en un pasadoreciente
in recent years →
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recent
[ˈriːsənt]adj [event, visit, interview, decision] → récent(e); [book, film, report] → récent(e); [arrival] → récent(e)
their recent arrival → leur arrivéerécente
in recent years → au cours de ces dernièresannées
in recent times → récemment
their recent arrival → leur arrivéerécente
in recent years → au cours de ces dernièresannées
in recent times → récemment
(= person) to be a recent arrival → être arrivé(e) récemment
recent arrivals (= people) → les nouveauxarrivants
recent arrivals (= people) → les nouveauxarrivants
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
recent
adj → kürzlich; event, development, closure → jüngste(r, s), neueste(r, s); news → neueste(r, s), letzte(r, s); acquaintance, invention, edition, addition → neu; the recent improvement → die vor Kurzem eingetretene Verbesserung; their recent loss → ihr vor KurzemerlittenerVerlust; a recent decision → eine Entscheidung, die erst vor Kurzemgefallen ist; a recent publication → eine Neuveröffentlichung; his most recent book → sein neuestesBuch; he is a recent acquaintance of mine → ich kenne ihn erst seit Kurzem; his recent arrival → seine Ankunft vor Kurzem; her recent trip → ihre erst kurz zurückliegende Reise; he is a recent arrival → er ist erst vor Kurzemangekommen, er ist erst kurzhier; in the recent past → in jüngererorjüngster Zeit(geh), → erst vor Kurzem; in recent years → ; in recent times → in letzterorjüngster(geh) → Zeit; of recent date → ; in recent history → in der jüngstenVergangenheit; recent developments → jüngsteEntwicklungen, Entwicklungen in jüngster Zeit
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recent
[ˈriːsnt]adj → recentein recent memory → in tempirecenti
in recent years → negli ultimianni
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
recent
(ˈriːsnt) adjective happening, done etc not long ago. Things have changed in recent weeks; recent events. onlangs حَديث، قَريب العَهْد скорошен recente nedávný vor kurzem sidste; seneste πρόσφατοςreciente hiljutine تازه؛ جدید äskettäinen récent שֶׁלא מִזמָן हाल का posljednji újabb keletű mutakhir nÿlegur recente 最近の 최근의 pastaras, nesenas nesens; pēdējais baru-baru ini laatst som nylig har funnet sted, ferskostatni نوى، تازه، راوروسته، نژدى recente recent недавний; последний nedávny, posledný nedaven skorašnji senaste, nyligen skedd เร็ว ๆ นี้ yeni, geçen 最近的 недавній, останній حالیہ gần đây 最近的
ˈrecently adverbHe came to see me recently. onlangs مؤخَّرا на скоро recentemente nedávno kürzlich for nyligt πρόσφαταrecientemente hiljuti به تازگی؛ اخیرا äskettäin récemmentלאחרונה हाल में nedavno, u posljednje vrijeme mostanában, a napokban belum lama nÿlega recentemente 最近 최근에 neseniai, pastaruoju metu nesen; pēdējā laikā baru-baru ini onlangsnyligniedawno, ostatnio په نژدى وخت كى، په راوروسته زمانه كى recentemente recent, curând недавно nedávno nedavno nedavno nyligen, på sista tiden เมื่อเร็ว ๆ นี้ geçenlerde 近來 не(що)давно; останнім часом حال میں gần đây 近来
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recent
→ أَخِير nedávný nyligkürzlichπρόσφατοςreciente äskettäinenrécent nedavnirecenteRecent Earthquakes
最近の 최근의recentnyligostatnirecenteнедавний nylig เร็วๆ นี้Recent Earthquakes
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recent
adv. recientemente, hace poco tiempo.
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