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current



I - noun
1. a flow of electricity through a conductor (Freq. 11)
- the current was measured in amperes
Syn:
electric current
Hypernyms:
electrical phenomenon
Hyponyms:
juice, thermionic current
2. a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (Freq. 6)
- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
Syn:
stream
Derivationally related forms:
stream (for: stream)
Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
Hyponyms:
tidal flow, tidal current, riptide, rip current, undertide,
undercurrent, torrent, violent stream, eddy, twist, whirlpool,
vortex, maelstrom, ocean current
3. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (Freq. 1)
- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
Syn:
stream, flow
Hypernyms:
course, line

II - adjective
occurring in or belonging to the present time (Freq. 17)
- current events
- the current topic
- current negotiations
- current psychoanalytic theories
- the ship's current position
Ant:
noncurrent
Similar to:
actual, afoot, underway, circulating, contemporary,
present-day, incumbent, live, occurrent, ongoing, on-going,
on-line, online, topical, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, latest
See Also:
modern, new
Derivationally related forms:
currency, currentness
Attrubites:
currentness, currency, up-to-dateness

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