Definition: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
Usage: the raft floated downstream on the current; he felt a stream of air; the hose ejected a stream of water
Synonyms: stream, current, flow
Definition: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Usage: two streams of development run through American history; stream of consciousness; the flow of thought; the current of history
Definition: a connected series of events or actions or developments
Usage: the government took a firm course; historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
Synonyms: current, electric current
Definition: a flow of electricity through a conductor
Usage: the current was measured in amperes
Similar words: electrical phenomenon
Definition: a physical phenomenon involving electricity
Synonyms: current
Definition: occurring in or belonging to the present time
Usage: current events; the current topic; current negotiations; current psychoanalytic theories; the ship's current position
Similar words: actual
Definition: being or existing at the present moment
Usage: the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West
Similar words: afoot, underway
Definition: currently in progress
Usage: there is mischief afoot; plans are afoot; preparations for the trial are underway
Similar words: circulating
Definition: passing from one to another
Usage: circulating bills and coins
Similar words: contemporary, present-day
Definition: belonging to the present time
Usage: contemporary leaders
Similar words: incumbent
Definition: currently holding an office
Usage: the incumbent governor
Similar words: live
Definition: of current relevance
Usage: a live issue; still a live option
Similar words: live
Definition: in current use or ready for use
Usage: live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
Similar words: occurrent
Definition: presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)
Usage: technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature
Similar words: on-going, ongoing
Definition: currently happening
Usage: an ongoing economic crisis
Similar words: on-line, online
Definition: being in progress now
Usage: on-line editorial projects
Similar words: topical
Definition: of interest at the present time
Usage: a topical reference; a topical and timely study of civil liberty
Similar words: up-to-date
Definition: reflecting the latest information or changes
Usage: an up-to-date issue of the magazine
Similar words: up-to-the-minute, latest
Definition: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
Usage: the news is up-to-the-minute; the very latest scientific discoveries