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Word: Recent
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈriːsnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
having happened, begun, or been done not long ago; belonging to a past period comparatively close to the present
Short Definition:having happened, begun, or been done not long ago
Examples:- his recent visit to Britain
- a recent edition of the newspaper
Word: Recent
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈriːsnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the Holocene epoch.
Short Definition:Holocene epoch
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