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current¹

  • /ˈkʌɹənt/ UK
  • /ˈkʊɹənt/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈkɐɹənt/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈkʌɹɪnt/
  • /ˈkʌɹənt/
  • /ˈkɜɹɪnt/
  • /ˈkɜɹənt/

Sounds like currant, courant (with both the hurry–furry merger and cure–fir merger) · Rhymes with -ʌɹənt, -ɜː(ɹ)ənt

Where it comes from

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

noun currents

  1. countable, uncountable The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.
  2. countable, uncountable The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
  3. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of electric current.electric current
  4. South Asia, broadly, countable, uncountable electricity, power in general.
  5. countable, uncountable A tendency or a course of events.

adjective currenter · more current · currentest · most current

  1. Existing or occurring at the moment. current events
  2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency. current affairs
  3. South Asia Electric; of or relating to electricity. current bill
  4. obsolete Running or moving rapidly. For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

Current²

Where it comes from

Probably a variant of Currant.

proper noun Currents

  1. A surname.

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