cur·rent
(kûŕənt, kŭŕ-)
[Middle English curraunt, from Old French corant present participle of courre, to run, from Latin currere.]
adjective
- Belonging to the present time: current events; current leaders.
- Being in progress now: current negotiations.
- Passing from one to another; circulating: current bills and coins.
- Prevalent, especially at the present time: current fashions. See synonyms at prevailing
- Running; flowing.
noun
- A steady, smooth onward movement: a current of air from a fan; a current of spoken words. See synonyms at flow
- The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement: rowed out into the river's swift current.
- A general tendency, movement, or course. See synonyms at tendency
- Electricity
- A flow of electric charge.
- The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time.
derivatives
- cuŕrent·ly
- adverb
- cuŕrent·ness
- noun
