Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

• enPR: rē'sənt, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːsənt/

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• Rhymes: -iːsənt
• Hyphenation: re‧cent

recent (comparative more recent, superlative most recent)

1. Having happened a short while ago.

   Synonym: (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian

   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 22 February 2016, page 193:

     Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

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.

   The cause has several hundred recent donors.

   I met three recent graduates at the conference.

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”, in Science Alert:

     Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.

recent (plural recents)

1. (computing, graphical user interface) A recently viewed or accessed item.
   • 2012, Jason R. Rich, Your iPad 2 at Work, page 308:

     Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.

• Center, Centre, center, centre, tenrec

Borrowed from Latin recentem. First attested in 1653.^[1] See also rentar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈsen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈsent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈsent]

recent m or f (masculine and feminine plural recents)

1. recent

• recentment

• rentar

• “recent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “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.

Borrowed from French récent, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin recēns.

• IPA^(key): /rəˈsɛnt/, /reːˈsɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

recent (comparative recenter, superlative recentst)

1. recent

• recentelijk

Borrowed from French récent, from Latin recēns. Doublet of rece, which was inherited.

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recent m or n (feminine singular recentă, masculine plural recenți, feminine and neuter plural recente)

1. recent