Dictionary Entry
recent
recent is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
- 3noun
approximately the last 10,000 years
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- 4adjective
new
"recent graduates"
"a recent addition to the house"
- 5adjective
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
"a late development"
"their late quarrel"
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