Synonyms: Recent, Recent epoch, Holocene, Holocene epoch
Definition: approximately the last 10,000 years
Similar words: epoch
Definition: a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
Synonyms: recent
Definition: new
Usage: recent graduates; a recent addition to the house; recent buds on the apple trees
Similar words: new
Definition: not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
Usage: a new law; new cars; a new comet; a new friend; a new year; the New World
Definition: of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
Usage: a late development; their late quarrel; his recent trip to Africa; in recent months; a recent issue of the journal
Similar words: past
Definition: earlier than the present time; no longer current
Usage: time past; his youth is past; this past Thursday; the past year