recent
/ˈɹi.sənt/ adjectif A2En français : récent
- Having happened a short while ago.
- Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
- Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called. · The cause has several hundred recent donors.· I met three recent graduates at the conference.
- Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
Dans la bibliothèque
At present, indeed, they were well supplied both with news and happiness by the recent arrival of a militia regiment in the neighbourhood; it was to remain the whole winter, and Meryton was the head-quarters.
We stayed long enough at the police-station to learn that a search of his clothing revealed nothing save a few shillings and a long sheath knife, the handle of which bore copious traces of recent blood.
So much for his recent history as it came out at the inquest.
My hand has been forced, however, by the recent letters in which Colonel James Moriarty defends the memory of his brother, and I have no choice but to lay the facts before the public exactly as they occurred.
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