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cur·rent
I. \ˈkər.ənt, ˈkə.rə-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English curraunt, coraunt, from Old French corant, curant, present participle of corre, courre to run, from Latin currere; akin to Middle High German hurren to hurry, Old Irish & Middle Welsh carr vehicle, Greek epikouros hastening to aid, and perhaps to Old English & Old High German horsc wise, quick, Old Norse horskr
1.
a. archaic : running, flowing, moving
b. archaic : fluent : flowing easily and smoothly
c.
(1) : presently elapsing
< the current fiscal year >
< the current month >
(2) : occurring in or belonging to the present time : in evidence or in operation at the time actually elapsing
< the current crisis >
< current excitement over elections >
< current services >
(3) of a serial publication : most recent
< the current number of a quarterly magazine >
2.
a. : being in use as a medium of exchange : circulating as money
< the current coin of the realm >
b. obsolete : not counterfeit or spurious : genuine
3.
a. : in general knowledge, acceptance, use, or practice : prevalent, accustomed, general : commonly accepted, engaged in, followed, used, or practiced : in vogue : contemporary
< current fashions >
< current customs >
< current beliefs >
< current theories of education >
b. mathematics : varying from point to point : general
Synonyms: see prevailing
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English curraunt, from Middle French curant, from curant, adjective
1.
a. : the part of a fluid body (as air or water) moving continuously in a certain direction : stream
b. : the swiftest part of a stream
c. : a tidal or nontidal movement often horizontal of lake or ocean water : drift
d. : condition of flowing : flow marked by force or strength : flow, flux
< the violent current of the mountain stream >
e. : the velocity of flow of a fluid in a stream
< measured the current and temperature in the sea just off the ice shelf — Valter Schytt >
2. : inclination given a channel or a surface shedding water : pitch, tilt
< the current of the gutter >
3. : course of events : tenor, trend, tendency : flux of forces
< in the deep emotional and creative currents that produced the Renaissance — G.C.Sellery >
< strong currents of public opinion >
< an adventure that changed the whole current of his life — Sherwood Anderson >
4.
a. : electric current
b. : the intensity of an electric current
Synonyms: see flow, tendency |