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re·cent / ˈrēsənt/ • adj. 1. having happened, begun, or been done not long ago or not long before; belonging to a past period of time comparatively close to the present: his recent visit to Britain a recent edition of the newspaper.2. (Recent) Geol. another term for Holocene.• n. (the Recent) Geol. the Holocene epoch.DERIVATIVES: re·cen·cy n.re·cent·ly adv.re·cent·ness n.

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Recent See HOLOCENE.

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recent XVI. — F. récent or L. recēns, -ent-.