[ US /ˈkɑɹənt, ˈkɝənt, ˈkɝnt/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌɹənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. occurring in or belonging to the present time
    the current topic
    the ship's current position
    current negotiations
    current events
    current psychoanalytic theories
NOUN
  1. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
    two streams of development run through American history
    the current of history
    the flow of thought
    stream of consciousness
  2. a flow of electricity through a conductor
    the current was measured in amperes
  3. a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
    he felt a stream of air
    the hose ejected a stream of water
    the raft floated downstream on the current
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How To Use current In A Sentence

  • It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times
  • The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
  • A lot of businesses are being hurt by the current high interest rates.
  • We're currently shrinking the size of technology by a factor of 5.6 per linear dimension per decade, so it is conservative to say that this scenario will be feasible in a few decades.
  • Try to meet a boy with a little more depth than your current crop of potential beaus.
  • One of our current projects is to convert a couple of bungalows in south London into a five-bedroom detached property. Times, Sunday Times
  • Net interest income dropped to $256.4 million, primarily due to the low market-interest rates that resulted in lower yields on mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and new loans and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. Hudson City Bancorp Swings to Loss
  • We encounter a patient with recurrent jaundice resulting from tumor ingrowth to the metallic stent.
  • I'm currently enjoying the odd effect of chancing across spoken word excerpts in the original Italian.
  • Crucial is currently quoting as below, with a ten per cent discount for orders taken online.
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