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CEFRA2

/ˈɹiː.sənt/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
adjective
Happening or existing not long ago.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Having happened a short while ago.
Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

In context

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

The word in print, with each source given in full.

Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.
2020 October 4, Evan Gough, “We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago”, in Science Alert
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2016, page 193
Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.
2012, Jason R. Rich, Your iPad 2 at Work, page 308

Looking a word up is the easy part. LexUp remembers which words you have met and brings them back at the point you were about to forget them.

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).