recent

«recent» in Mova's school dictionary: Happening or made not long ago: a recent photo, recent rain — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (recent, more recent, most recent)

meaning for a pupil

1) Happening or made not long ago: a recent photo, recent rain. tree →

2) «The most recent» means the newest or latest one. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, history and news: «recent studies show…», «recent storms». In maths data problems «the most recent score» is the last one in the list. In everyday life: «a recent trip», «in recent weeks». Phrases: «in recent years/weeks», «recent events», «most recent», «until recent times».

examples

• This is a recent photo of my dog. tree →
• Recent rain has made the river high. tree →
• Her most recent score was 92. tree →
• In recent weeks, the days have got colder. tree →
• Recent studies show children need more sleep. tree →
• The town has grown in recent times. tree →
• Is this a recent drawing? tree →
• Our most recent trip was to the coast. tree →
• The war in 1490 was spoken of as quite recent. tree →

note

Adjective; adverb: recently. Opposite: old, ancient, past long ago. «Recent» is relative — for rocks, «recent» can mean thousands of years!

In the corpora

• The vaquita, a porpoise in Mexico, is the rarest sea mammal; around ten were reported in recent surveys.
• Recent elections have been hard-fought, and on the hardest moments Americans still use very different words.
• Researchers who count conflicts reported that the number of wars in the world has risen in recent years.
• An active volcano has erupted in recent times and may erupt again; an extinct volcano is not expected to erupt ever again.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.