3000 English common words - Oxford by CEFR
Recent ˈriːsnt Adjective Study/Report/Survey Event/Development/Discovery Prime Minister Discussed
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recent |
WordType |
(adjective) |
Phonetic |
/ˈriːsnt/ /ˈriːsnt/ |
Example |
- a recent study/report/survey
- a recent event/development/discovery
- the prime minister discussed the issue during his most recent visit to poland.
- there have been many changes in recent years.
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Online sound. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/r/rec/recen/recent__us_1.mp3 |
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Content |
recent(adjective)/ˈriːsnt/ /ˈriːsnt/- that happened or began only a short time ago
- a recent study/report/survey
- a recent event/development/discovery
- The Prime Minister discussed the issue during his most recent visit to Poland.
- There have been many changes in recent years.
- in recent months/weeks/days
- a relatively recent phenomenon
- It is only in the recent past that these problems have arisen.
Extra Examples- a relatively recent development
- The next chapter summarizes recent developments in the field.
Word Origin- late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent.
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