recent

Noun
  1. Approximately the last 10,000 years (synset 115149665)
    is an instance of: epoch - a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
    is a part of: age of man, quaternary, quaternary period - last 2 million years
    same as: holocene, holocene epoch, recent epoch
Adjective
  1. New (synset 301646919)
    "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees"
    similar to: new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
  2. Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time (synset 301734676)
    "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal"
    similar to: past - earlier than the present time; no longer current
    same as: late

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