English-Danish translations for recent

• frisk
  Vi har friske eksempler på, hvad fattigdom og fanatisme kan føre til. We have seen recent examples of the results of poverty and fanaticism.
  Et frisk eksempel er tsunamien sidste år, og i år var der Palæstina og til dels Kosovo. A recent example is last year's tsunami, and this year it was Palestine and partly Kosovo.
  Skønt beslutningsforslaget er meget frisk, har det nok nogle forsinkelser. Although the presentation of the resolution is very recent, it may be slightly out of date.
• nylig
  Det nylige jordskælv i Haiti (forhandling) Recent earthquake in Haiti (debate)
  For nylig blev en journalist dræbt. Recently, a journalist was killed.
  Vi havde valg i Finland for nylig. In Finland we recently had elections.
• sen
  Det er de seneste eksempler et klart tegn på. Recent examples provide clear evidence of this.
  Hr. Van Rompuys seneste udtalelser går i den rigtige retning. The recent statements by Mr Van Rompuy are along the right lines.

Definition of recent

• Having happened a short while ago
• Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated
• Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago

Synonyms

• hapax legomenon

Examples

• The cause has several hundred recent donors.
• I met three recent graduates at the conference.

Related words

• recently
• precentor
• recentness
• precentral
• recentralize
• recentism
• recentralization
• in recent times
• later; more recently