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Recent

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Noun

1. holocene, holocene epoch, recent, recent epoch

approximately the last 10,000 years

Adjective

2. recent

new

Example Sentences:
'recent graduates'
'a recent addition to the house'
'recent buds on the apple trees'

3. late, recent

of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

Example Sentences:
'a late development'
'their late quarrel'
'his recent trip to Africa'
'in recent months'
'a recent issue of the journal'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Recent

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adjective
having appeared, happened, or been made not long ago; modern, fresh, or new
adjective, noun
geology another word for Holocene

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Recent

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adjective
1. 
done, made, etc. just before the present time; modern; new
2. 
of a time just before the present
3.  [R-]
designating or of the Holocene Epoch of geologic time

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Recent

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adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
2. Modern; new.
3. Recent Geology Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.

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