Current
WordNet
adjective
(1) Occurring in or belonging to the present time
"Current events"
"The current topic"
"Current negotiations"
"Current psychoanalytic theories"
"The ship's current position"
noun
(2) A steady flow (usually from natural causes)
"The raft floated downstream on the current"
"He felt a stream of air"
(3) 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"
(4) A flow of electricity through a conductor
"The current was measured in amperes"
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Etymology
From curraunt < curant (French: courant) present participle of courre "to run" < currere "to run".
Noun
- The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.
- The time rate of flow of electric charge.
- Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
- Units:
- A tendency or a course of events.
Synonyms
- (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction): flow, stream
- (time rate of flow of electric charge): electric current
- (tendency or course of events): flow, stream, tendency
Adjective
- Existing or occurring at the moment.
- current events
- current leaders
- current negotiations
- Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
- current affairs
- current bills and coins
- current fashions
Synonyms
- (existing or occurring at the moment): present
- (generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment): fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date