The meaning of Recent

adjective

Living or occurring at the same time.

Usage examples:

The event was recorded by a contemporary historian

noun

A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

Usage examples:

He was a contemporary of darwin

Occurring in the same period of time

adjective

Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now.

Usage examples:

Keep abreast of current events

noun

A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement.

Usage examples:

Ocean currents

adjective

(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

Usage examples:

Fresh fruit

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

Fresh-baked bread

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested

adjective

Occurring or done at once; instant.

Usage examples:

The authorities took no immediate action

adjective

Happening or done without delay or very soon after something else

Usage examples:

She made an immediate impact when she arrived to coach the team., emotional outbursts followed in t…

adjective

Doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time.

Usage examples:

His late arrival

adverb

After the expected, proper, or usual time.

Usage examples:

She arrived late

adjective

Occurring or situated nearer to the end of something than to the beginning.

Usage examples:

The latter half of 1989

noun

The second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned

Usage examples:

He directed "the wizard of oz" and "gone with the wind," receiving an oscar for the latter., he was…

adjective

Being a new or recent form of a person or thing from the past

Usage examples:

He acts like a latter-day cowboy armed with ideas., to many journalists, his stand against the news…

adjective

Used to refer to a person or thing that is similar to someone or something that existed in the past

Usage examples:

The evil actions of a latter-day caligula

adjective

Relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.

Usage examples:

The pace of modern life

noun

A person who advocates or practises a departure from traditional styles or values.

Usage examples:

They were moderns, they must not look back towards the old generation

adjective

Existing in the present or a recent time, or using or based on recently developed ideas, methods, or styles

Usage examples:

Modern life, modern architecture/art

adjective

New or modern; recent.

Usage examples:

Another effort by the white house to display its neoteric wizardry went awry

noun

A modern person; a person who advocates new ideas.

Usage examples:

A whole group of young poets, the so-called ‘neoterics’, shared the same rejection of traditional n…

adjective

Produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.

Usage examples:

The new madonna album

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

New-mown hay

adjective

Recently created or having started to exist recently

Usage examples:

His newest book will be out next month., she’s always coming up with new ideas., have you met carlo…

adjective

Modern; of today rather than of earlier times

Usage examples:

The setting is present-day london.