ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Recent past', Synonyms of 'Recent past' & More on 'Recent past'

No results could be found matching the exact term recent past in the thesaurus.

Try one of these suggestions:

raconteur reagent reason recant recantation recent recently reckon recondite recondition reconnoiter recount recounting rejoinder rekindle rescind resentful resentment resonate resound resounding

Consider searching for the individual words recent, or past.

Dictionary Results for recent:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

recent
    adj 1: new; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the
           house"; "recent buds on the apple trees"
    2: of the immediate past or just previous to the present time;
       "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip
       to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the
       journal" [syn: late(a), recent]
    n 1: approximately the last 10,000 years [syn: Holocene,
         Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recent \Re"cent\ (r[=e]"sent), a. [L. recens, -entis: cf. F.
   r['e]cent.]
   1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not
      of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already
      known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new;
      modern; as, recent news.
      [1913 Webster]

            The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable
            portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and
            formed out of the mud discharged into the
            neighboring sea by the Nile.          --Woodward.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch;
      as, recent shells.
      [1913 Webster]

Common Misspellings >