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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

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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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

recent XVI. — F. récent or L. recēns, -ent-.
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The Oxford Companion to the Earth | 2000 | | Copyright

Recent see Holocene/Recent
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Recent See HOLOCENE.
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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

Recent See Holocene.
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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

Recent See Holocene.
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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