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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
current/ˈkʌrənt/
▶adjective
- 1 happening or belonging to the present time: current affairs.
- 2 in general use.
- 1 a body of water or air moving in a definite direction through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement.
- 2 a flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles.
■ a quantity representing the rate of flow of electric charge, usually measured in amperes.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘running, flowing’): from OFr. corant ‘running’, from courre ‘run’, from L. currere ‘run’.
'current' also found in these Oxford entries:
abroad
- AC
- account
- AC/DC
- actual
- aeolian harp
- airstream
- alternating current
- alternator
- ammeter
- amperage
- ampere
- anode
- asynchronous
- backdraught
- backlist
- back number
- backwash
- backwater
- bad form
- ballast
- bead
- big bang
- blast
- blow
- blower
- bump
- business
- cadency
- cant
- cash ratio
- cathode
- cell
- chart
- checking account
- choke
- chopper
- circuit
- circuit-breaker
- climate
- cloud
- cockney
- commutate
- commutation
- commutator
- conductor rail
- contact
- coulomb
- countercurrent
- cover note
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Below you will find a current status of...
best fitting word: current-present
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"the current of the time"
"the then current year"
110V AC house current
A woman who steals a man away from his current partner?
Article before current
as of 2009 (current year is 2010)
as the current plans "call for"
At the current change
Below you will find a current status of...
best fitting word: current-present
Bring current a delinquent mortgage
contemporary vs current
curent [current] vs recent
current 'now' vs. current 'in the past'
current / present
current affairs output
Current affairs programme vs the news
current and present
current at the date of issue
Current awareness
current employees/entire employees
current era services management
current men and women living in
current or present?
current payments
current people
current post
current rate
current trend
more...
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