recent
1. [ adjective ] being new in a time not long past
Examples:

"recent graduates" "a recent addition to the house" "recent buds on the apple trees"

Related terms: new
2. [ adjective ] of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
Synonyms: late
Examples:

"a late development" "their late quarrel" "his recent trip to Africa" "in recent months" "a recent issue of the journal"

Related terms: past
3. [ adjective ] near to or not long before the present
Examples:

"recent times" "of recent origin"

Related terms: modern
Similar spelling:   recently
  resent
  regent
  reagent
  Rezentes
  resentful
  recant
  rescind
  recount
  Recendez