current
/ˈkʌɹənt/
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Midlands/ˈkʊɹənt/
current noun: the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. Also the ellipsis of electric current.
Noun
current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)
- The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
- The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
- The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
- electricity, power in general.
- A tendency or a course of events.
Adjective
current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)
- Existing or occurring at the moment.
- current events
- current leaders
- Synonyms:
- present, contemporary, hodiern, modern, de nos jours, present-day
- Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.
- current affairs
- current bills and coins
- Synonyms:
- fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date, a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, sassy, cool
- Antonyms:
- out-of-date, unfashionable, basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, dated, démodé, elderly
- Electric; of or relating to electricity.
- current bill
- current shock
- Running or moving rapidly.
- For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 114
- Synonyms:
- speeding
Proper noun capitalized: Current
Current (plural Currents)
- A surname.
Also used as
current is also the ellipsis of electric current.
current meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
current in Hindi
- time rate of flow of electric charge
- धारा dhārā, प्रवाह pravāh
- part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction — see also ocean current
- प्रवाह pravāh, धारा dhārā, बहाव bahāv
- existing or occurring at the moment
- वर्तमान vartamān
current in Urdu
- time rate of flow of electric charge
- رَو rau
- part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction — see also ocean current
- دھارا dhārā
current in Bengali
- time rate of flow of electric charge
- প্রবাহ probaho
- generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
- আধুনিক adhunik
current in Telugu
- time rate of flow of electric charge
- కరెంటు kareṇṭu
- part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction — see also ocean current
- ప్రవాహం pravāhaṁ
- existing or occurring at the moment
- ఇటీవలి iṭīvali
More languagesFewer languages
- current in Sanskrit
- रेतस् retas
- current in Assamese
- সোঁত xü̃t
- current in Pashto
- جريان jaryān
- current in Tagalog
- kaampiran, agos
- current in Arabic
- تَيَّار tayyār, جَارٍ jārin
- current in Malay
- arus
- current in Indonesian
- arus
- current in Persian
- مسیر
- current in Thai
- กระแส grà-sɛ̌ɛ, กระแสไฟฟ้า grà-sɛ̌ɛ-fai-fáa, แนวโน้ม nɛɛo-nóom, ปัจจุบัน bpàt-jù-ban
- current in Vietnamese
- dòng điện, dòng, hiện nay, nay
- current in Myanmar
- လျှပ်စီး hlyapci:, ကြောင်း kraung:, ယဉ် yany
Examples of current in a sentence
- current negotiations
- The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
- That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
- The use of ACs will increase not only in homes but also in commercial establishments and current consumption will increase.2021 June 13, Ravali Hymavathi, “Telangana: Even The TSSPDCL Is Facing Heavy Losses Due To Covid-19”, in The Hans India:
Synonyms of current
- flow
- stream
- tendency
- present
- contemporary
- hodiern
- modern
- de nos jours
- present-day
- fashionable
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Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
- démodé
- elderly
- fossilized
- inelegant
- last year
- normie
- old
- old-fashioned
- old-hat
- oldfangled
Forms of current
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | currents |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | currenter |
| comparative | more current |
| superlative | currentest |
| superlative | most current |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Currents |
Origin of current
From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.
Probably a variant of Currant.
Words formed from current
- account current
- alternating current
- Birkeland current
- branch current method
- California Current
- call-with-current-continuation
- charged current
- convective current
- countercurrent
- crosscurrent
- current balance
- current divider
- currentless
- current money
- current sheet
- current-traditionalism
- current-traditionalist
- current-traditional rhetoric
- currentwise
- dark current
- direct current
- displacement current
- down-current
- downcurrent
- Earth current
- eddy current
- electrical current
- electric current
- fault current
- Foucault current
- four-current
- funny current
- induced current
- injury current
- intercurrent
- Japan Current
- Kirchhoff's current law
- leakage current
- macrocurrent
- mesh current
- microcurrent
- multicurrent
- nanocurrent
- neutral current
- ocean current
- Okhotsk Current
- overcurrent
- Oyashio Current
- pacemaker current
- palaeocurrent
- paleocurrent
- pass current
- phasing current
- photocurrent
- Planck current
- price-current
- pyroclastic density current
- Red Current
- residual-current device
- return current
Phrases with current
- Y current
- Current Era
- rip current
- current year
- current asset
- current event
- current ratio
- current shock
- current thing
- price current
- sneak current
- Swift Current
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- tidal current
- current assets
- current events
- current moneys
- current ratios
- current sheets
- current shocks
- current things
- passed current
- passes current
- prices current
- current account
- current affairs
- passing current
- accounts current
- Benguela Current
- current accounts
- current balances
- current dividers
- telluric current
- current liability
- turbidity current
- saturation current
- current liabilities
- Kirchoff's current law
- substorm current wedge
- substorm current wedges
- transcranial direct current stimulation
Words that rhyme with current
Questions about current
- What does current mean?
- Current means the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
- What is current in Hindi?
- Current in Hindi is धारा (dhārā), प्रवाह (pravāh), बहाव (bahāv). See Current meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use current in a sentence?
- current negotiations
- What part of speech is current?
- Current can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce current?
- Current is pronounced /ˈkʌɹənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of current?
- The plural of current is currents.
Words near current in the dictionary
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