Analysis Complete

current

/ current /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a steady flow (usually from natural causes)
"the raft floated downstream on the current"
"he felt a stream of air"
Type of:
flow flowing
Kinds of:
tidal flow tidal current riptide rip current undertide
Derived:
stream well out
noun Sense 2
a flow of electricity through a conductor
"the current was measured in amperes"
Type of:
electrical phenomenon
Kinds of:
juice thermionic current
adjective Sense 3
occurring in or belonging to the present time
"current events"
"the current topic"
"current negotiations"
"current psychoanalytic theories"
"the ship''s current position"
Similar:
actual afoot(p) underway circulating(a) contemporary present-day(a) incumbent live
Opposites:
noncurrent
See also:
modern new
noun Sense 4
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"
Type of:
course line
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
8
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
2
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flow flowing tidal flow tidal current riptide rip current undertide electrical phenomenon juice thermionic current actual afoot(p)