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- [ree-suh nt]
- /ˈri sənt/
- /ˈriːsntli/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ree-suh nt]
- /ˈri sənt/
Definitions of recently word
- adjective recently of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip. 1
- adjective recently not long past: in recent years. 1
- adjective recently of or belonging to a time not long past. 1
- adjective recently (initial capital letter) Geology. noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter half of the Quaternary Period; Holocene. 1
- noun recently Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series. 1
- adverb recently in the recent past 1
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Origin of recently
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; < Latin recent- (stem of recēns) fresh, new
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Recently
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
recently popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
recently usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for recently
adj recently
adv recently
- anew — If you do something anew, you do it again, often in a different way from before.
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- come again — Some people say 'Come again?' when they want you to repeat what you have just said.
- early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- in no time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
noun recently
adverb recently
- freshly — Newly; recently.
- just — guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness: We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations.
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lately — of late; recently; not long since: He has been very grouchy lately.
- new — other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World.
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