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ADJECTIVE | 1 | current | Occurring in or belonging to the present time |
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NOUN | 1 | current, electric current | A flow of electricity through a conductor |
2 | current, stream | A steady flow (usually from natural causes) | |
3 | current, stream, flow | Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas |
Sounds | kaa'rahnt; ker'ahnt; ker'nt |
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Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 654 more rhymes in ahnt at the HyperDic website... |
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Meaning | Occurring in or belonging to the present time. |
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Examples | "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" |
Attribute of | currentness, currency, up-to-dateness |
Similar | actual; afoot, underway; circulating; contemporary, present-day; incumbent; live; live; ongoing, in progress; on-line; prevailing, prevalent, rife; topical; up-to-date; up-to-the-minute, latest |
See also | modern; new |
Contrary | noncurrent |
Adverbs | currently |
Meaning | A flow of electricity through a conductor. |
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Examples | "the current was measured in amperes" |
Synonyms | electric current |
Narrower | juice; thermionic current |
Broader | electrical phenomenon |
Meaning | A steady flow (usually from natural causes). |
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Examples | "the raft floated downstream on the current" |
Synonyms | stream |
Narrower | tidal flow, tidal current; riptide, rip current; undertide, undercurrent; torrent, violent stream; eddy, twist; whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom; ocean current |
Broader | flow, flowing |
Meaning | Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. |
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Examples | "the current of history" |
Synonyms | stream, flow |
Broader | course, line |