| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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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 |