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current definition
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Grep of noun current air current alternating current countercurrent crosscurrent current current account current electricity current intelligence current unit currentness direct current electric current equatorial current garden current humboldt current japan current kuroshio current north equatorial current ocean current peruvian current rip current south equatorial current thermionic current tidal current undercurrent Overview of noun current The noun current has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) current, electric current -- (a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes") 2. (8) current, stream -- (a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air") 3. (1) stream, flow, current -- (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history") Overview of adj current The adj current has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (18) current -- (occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position") Antonyms of adj current 1 sense of current Sense 1 current (vs. noncurrent) noncurrent (vs. current) => back(postnominal) => dead => disused, obsolete => obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, superannuated => obsolescent Similarity of adj current 1 sense of current Sense 1 current (vs. noncurrent) => actual => afoot(prenominal), underway => circulating(postnominal) => contemporary, present-day(postnominal) => incumbent => live => ongoing, in progress(prenominal) => on-line(postnominal) => prevailing, prevalent, rife => topical => up-to-date => up-to-the-minute, latest => live Also See-> modern#1; new#1 Attributes of adj current 1 sense of current Sense 1 current (vs. noncurrent) => currentness, currency, up-to-dateness Familiarity of adj current current used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj current concurrent current noncurrent recurrent Overview of noun current The noun current has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) current, electric current -- (a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes") 2. (8) current, stream -- (a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air") 3. (1) stream, flow, current -- (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history") Overview of adj current The adj current has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (18) current -- (occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position")
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