recent meaning and definition

RECENT noun

Definition of Recent (noun)

1. approximately the last 10,000 years
   • synonyms: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch

RECENT adjective

Definition of recent (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: late