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Meaning of
current
in English
Pronunciation
/ˈkərənt/
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Noun
current
Definitions
1.
a flow of electricity through a conductor
Examples
« the current was measured in amperes »
2.
a steady flow (usually from natural causes)
Examples
« the raft floated downstream on the current »
« he felt a stream of air »
3.
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Examples
« two streams of development run through American history »
« stream of consciousness »
« the flow of thought »
« the current of history »
Qualitative Adjective
current
Etymology
Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘running, flowing’): from Old French corant‘running’, from courre‘run’, from Latin currere‘run’
Definitions
1.
occurring in or belonging to the present time
Examples
« current events »
« the current topic »
« current negotiations »
« current psychoanalytic theories »
« the ship's current position »
Synonyms
actual
afoot(p)
underway
circulating(a)
contemporary
present-day(a)
incumbent
live
ongoing
in progress(p)
on-line(a)
prevailing
prevalent
rife
topical
up-to-date
up-to-the-minute
latest
live
Antonyms
noncurrent
See also
modern
new
