recent
adjective
[ ˈriːs(ə)nt ]
• 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:
new,
the latest,
late,
current,
fresh,
modern,
contemporary,
present-day,
up to date,
up to the minute,
latter-day,
latter,
neoteric,
not long past,
occurring/appearing recently,
immediate,
just gone,
• another term for Holocene.
recent
noun
• the Holocene epoch.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent .
