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| 1. | [ adjective ] occurring in or belonging to the present time | |
| Examples: | "current events" "the current topic" "current negotiations" "current psychoanalytic theories" "the ship's current position" |
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| Related terms: | noncurrent afoot contemporary up-to-date latest up-to-the-minute up-to-date prevailing ongoing on-line incumbent actual topical live on-line live circulating new modern currentness | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (physics,electricity) a flow of electricity through a conductor | |
| Synonyms: | electric_current | |
| Examples: | "the current was measured in amperes" |
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| Related terms: | electrical_phenomenon juice thermionic_current | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a steady flow (usually from natural causes) | |
| Synonyms: | stream | |
| Examples: | "the raft floated downstream on the current" "he felt a stream of air" |
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| Related terms: | flow torrent riptide tidal_flow eddy whirlpool undertide ocean_current stream | |
| 4. | [ noun ] dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
| Synonyms: | stream flow | |
| Examples: | : "two streams of development run through American history" "stream of consciousness" "the flow of thought" "the current of history" |
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| Related terms: | course | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11090 | |
| Similar spelling: |
currently currant Curnutt Curnutte curandero curandera |
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