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current

• (a) occurring in or belonging to the present time
  • current events
  • the current topic
  • current negotiations
  • current psychoanalytic theories
  • the ship's current position

Nouns

• (n) a flow of electricity through a conductor
  • the current was measured in amperes
  electric current,
• (n) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
  • the raft floated downstream on the current
  • he felt a stream of air
  • the hose ejected a stream of water
  stream,
• (n) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
  • two streams of development run through American history
  • stream of consciousness
  • the flow of thought
  • the current of history
  stream, flow,

Synonyms

electric current stream flow

Antonyms

noncurrent

See also

modern new

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