recent

 
Pronunciation: /ˈriːs(ə)nt/

adjective

  • 1having happened, begun, or been done not long ago; belonging to a past period comparatively close to the present: his recent visit to Britain a recent edition of the newspaper
  • 2 (Recent) Geologyanother term for Holocene.

noun

(the Recent) Geology
  • the Holocene epoch.

Derivatives

recency

noun

recentness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'fresh'): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent