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English adjective: current | |||
| 1. | current occurring in or belonging to the present time | ||
| Samples | Current events. The current topic. Current negotiations. Current psychoanalytic theories. The ship's current position. | ||
| Similar | actual, afoot, circulating, contemporary, incumbent, latest, live, live, occurrent, on-going, on-line, ongoing, online, present-day, topical, underway, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute | ||
| See also | modern, new | ||
| Attribute | currency, currentness, up-to-dateness | ||
| Antonyms | noncurrent | ||
English noun: current | |||
| 1. | current (phenomenon) a flow of electricity through a conductor | ||
| Samples | The current was measured in amperes. | ||
| Synonyms | electric current | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electrical phenomenon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | juice, thermionic current | ||
| 2. | current (event) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | ||
| Samples | The raft floated downstream on the current. He felt a stream of air. The hose ejected a stream of water. | ||
| Synonyms | stream | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flowing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eddy, maelstrom, ocean current, rip current, riptide, tidal current, tidal flow, torrent, twist, undercurrent, undertide, violent stream, vortex, whirlpool | ||
| 3. | current (group) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | ||
| Samples | Two streams of development run through American history. Stream of consciousness. The flow of thought. The current of history. | ||
| Synonyms | flow, stream | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, line | ||
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