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Grep of noun recent recent epoch recentness Overview of adj recent The adj recent has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (36) recent -- (being new in a time not long past; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees") 2. (9) late, recent -- (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") 3. (4) recent -- (near to or not long before the present; "recent times"; "of recent origin") Antonyms of adj recent 3 senses of recent Sense 1 recent INDIRECT (VIA new) -> old Sense 2 late(postnominal), recent INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 3 recent INDIRECT (VIA modern) -> nonmodern Similarity of adj recent 3 senses of recent Sense 1 recent => new (vs. old) Sense 2 late(postnominal), recent => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 3 recent => modern (vs. nonmodern) Attributes of adj recent Familiarity of adj recent recent used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj recent recent Overview of adj recent The adj recent has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (36) recent -- (being new in a time not long past; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees") 2. (9) late, recent -- (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") 3. (4) recent -- (near to or not long before the present; "recent times"; "of recent origin")
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