currentadjective
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/B2 of the present time:
Have you seen the current issue of (= the most recently published) Vogue magazine?
The word is no longer in current use.
More examples
- Who is the current editor of the Times?
- A lot of businesses are being hurt by the current high interest rates.
- I wouldn't work for them even if they paid me twice my current salary.
- What are your current child-care arrangements?
- Most of the current troubles stem from our new computer system.
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Now
- contemporary
- day
- de nos jours
- even
- existing
- here
- just
- modern-day
- moment
- nowadays
- ongoing
- present
- prevailing
- right
- state
- still
- the status quo
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- today
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currently
adverb uk/ˈkʌr.ənt.li/us/ˈkɝː.ənt.li/
Examples
- The manufacturers are currently testing the new engine.
- The England cricket team is currently on tour in Pakistan.
- Our social club currently has about 80 members.
- The interest rate on my credit card is currently 25.5% APR.
- He currently holds the position of technical manager.
B2
The Director is currently having talks in the US
currentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/current noun [ C ] (FLOW)
a movement of water, air, or electricity in a particular direction:
to swim against/with the current
He was swept out to sea by the strong current.
Switch off the electric current before changing the bulb.
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electrical
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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Floods, tides & currents
current noun [ C ] (FEELING)
a particular opinion or feeling that a group of people have:
There is a growing current of support for environmental issues among voters.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- core
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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