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Definitions of recent:

part of speech: adverb

Recently.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to time not long past; new; modern; fresh.

part of speech: adjective

Of late origin or occurrence: not long parted from: fresh: modern: ( geol.) subsequent to the existence of man.

part of speech: adjective

Of late origin or existence; modern; fresh; lately received; not long parted from; not ancient; in geol., that has taken place during the human epoch, or is still in progress.

part of speech: noun

Recentness.

Usage examples for recent:

• The result of the recent election must be accepted as having introduced a new policy. "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various

• But then, these circumstances must be recent "When Ghost Meets Ghost", William Frend De Morgan

• His own agony was too recent "The Grey Cloak", Harold MacGrath