Definition of recent

"recent" in the noun sense

1. Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch

approximately the last 10,000 years

"recent" in the adjective sense

1. recent

new

"recent graduates"

"a recent addition to the house"

"recent buds on the apple trees"

2. late, recent

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"

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Quotations for recent

Plutarch tells us of an idle and effeminate Etrurian who found fault with the manner in which Themistocles had conducted a recent campaign. What, said the hero in reply, have you, too, something to say about war, who are like the fish that has a sword, but no heart? He is always the severest censor on the merits of others who has the least worth of his own. [ E. L. Magoon ]

recent in Scrabble®

The word recent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters recent:

CENTRE
(33)
RECENT
(33)
CENTER
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word recent

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In recent

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(33)
CENTER
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ERECT
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recent in Words With Friends™

The word recent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters recent:

CENTER
(66)
CENTRE
(66)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word recent

RECENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In recent

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(66)
CENTRE
(66)
RECENT
(60)
CENTER
(54)
RECENT
(54)
CENTRE
(54)
ERECT
(48)
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(48)
CERE
(45)
CENTRE
(42)
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(42)
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RECENT
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Shorter words in recent

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