Recent (adjective)
Having happened a short while ago.
Recent (adjective)
Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Recent (adjective)
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
“The cause has several hundred recent donors.”
“I met three recent graduates at the conference.”
Recent (adjective)
Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
Recent (adjective)
Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.
Resent (verb)
To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
“The bride greatly resented being left at the church.”
Resent (verb)
To express displeasure or indignation at.
Resent (verb)
To be sensible of; to feel.
Resent (verb)
In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
Resent (verb)
To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
Resent (verb)
To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Resent (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of resend
“The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.”
Recent (adjective)
having happened, begun, or been done not long ago; belonging to a past period comparatively close to the present
“a recent edition of the newspaper”
“his recent visit to Britain”
Recent (adjective)
another term for Holocene
Recent (noun)
the Holocene epoch.
Resent (verb)
feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person)
“she resented the fact that I had children”