recent

adjective
re·cent
rē'sənt

Having happened a short while ago.

Other meanings

Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
“The cause has several hundred recent donors.”

Related words

recency
recentish
recentism
recentness
semirecent
subrecent
unrecent
Recent
recently

Example sentences

“Western civilization is a recent historical construct.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“In light of recent events, it makes sense.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "recēns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “recent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.