Word meaning of currents

текущий, современный, теперешний, ходячий, ток, течение, поток, струя, ход

прилагательное ↓

существительное ↓

Словосочетания

a pungent satire of current politics — острая сатира на текущую политику  
the shoreward tendency of the current — стремление направления течения к берегу  
the current taste for wide trousers — нынешнее пристрастие к широким брюкам /шароварам/  
to carry current — проводить ток  
current bills and coins — банкноты и монеты, находящиеся в обращении  
current thinking — общее, ходячее мнение  
words which are not current in English — слова, которые почти не используются в английском  
current affairs — текущие дела, проблемы сегодняшнего дня  
current week — текущая неделя  
current driving licence — действительные водительские права  
current enters node — ток направлен к узлу  
current divides — ток ответвляется  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

recurrent  — периодический, рекуррентный, повторяющийся, возвратный, рецидивный
undercurrent  — скрытая тенденция, низовое подводное течение
currently  — в настоящее время, теперь, свободно, легко

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): current
мн. ч.(plural): currents

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	current — a flow of electricity through a conductor; «the current was measured in amperes» electric current electrical phenomenon — a physical phenomenon involving electricity juice — electric current; «when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice» thermionic current — an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
	2.	current — 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 tidal current, tidal flow — the water current caused by the tides rip current, riptide — a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore undertide, undercurrent — a current below the surface of a fluid flow, flowing — the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) violent stream, torrent — a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); «the houses were swept away in the torrent» eddy, twist — a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex — a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) ocean current — the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
	3.	current — 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 course, line — a connected series of events or actions or developments; «the government took a firm course»; «historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available»
Adj.	1.	current — occurring in or belonging to the present time; «current events»; «the current topic»; «current negotiations»; «current psychoanalytic theories»; «the ship’s current position» modern — belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; «modern art»; «modern furniture»; «modern history»; «totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric» new — not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; «a new law»; «new cars»; «a new comet»; «a new friend»; «a new year»; «the New World» noncurrent — not current or belonging to the present time

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current

adjective

1. present, fashionable, ongoing, up-to-date, in, now (informal), happening (informal), contemporary, in the news, sexy (informal), trendy (Brit. informal), topical, present-day, in fashion, in vogue, up-to-the-minute, du jour (French), culty current trends in the music scene
present past, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date, archaic, outmoded, passé

2. prevalent, general, common, accepted, popular, widespread, in the air, prevailing, circulating, going around, customary, rife, in circulation the prevailing tide of current opinion

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

current

adjective

1. Characteristic of recent times or informed of what is current:

3. Most generally existing or encountered at a given time:

noun

Something suggestive of running water:

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Translations

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of currō (“I run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹənt/, /ˈkɝ.ɪnt/, /ˈkɝ.ənt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹɪnt/
• (accents without the «Hurry-furry» merger)
• (accents with the «Hurry-furry» merger)
• Rhymes: -ʌɹənt
• Homophone: currant

Noun[edit]

current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

   • 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:

     The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.

2. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

   Synonyms: flow, stream

3. (electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.

   • Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter «I»)
   • Units:

   SI: ampere (A)

   CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

   Synonym: electric current

4. a tendency or a course of events

   Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency

Derived terms[edit]

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Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)

1. Existing or occurring at the moment.

   Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present

   Antonyms: future, past

   current events

   current leaders

   current negotiations

   • 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 6, page 18:

     Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it’s geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.

   Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

   current affairs

   current bills and coins

   current fashions

   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain’d and exemplify’d in several dissertations:

     That there was current money in Abraham’s time is past doubt.

   • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:

     The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.

3. (India) Electric; of or relating to electricity.

   current bill

   • 2021 June 13, Ravali Hymavathi, “Telangana: Even The TSSPDCL Is Facing Heavy Losses Due To Covid-19”, in The Hans India‎^[2]:

     In April and May this year, the average daily current consumption dropped to 55 MU […] Compared to household electricity charges, the current unit charge used by commercial companies is higher. […] Electricity consumption is generally higher in summer as compared to monsoon and winter. The use of ACs will increase not only in homes but also in commercial establishments and current consumption will increase.

4. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

   Synonym: speeding

   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 114:

     For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• Curtner

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

current

1. third-person plural future active indicative of currō

An electric current produces a magnet, and _a magnet also may be made to produce an electric current_. ❋ James W. Steele (N/A)

Now when a current acts by induction upon conducting matter lateral to it, it probably acts upon the electricity in that conducting matter whether it be in the form of a _current_ or ❋ Michael Faraday (1829)

# Alternatively, we could just use makeobj in the commands below … current = ` pwd ` if [ «$srcFolder» = «$current«]; then cb fi ❋ Fulldecent (2010)

* @param string $current is the current value of the option in use (used to set the selected option in the list) * @param string $options should be an array of the options to be generated function generate_option_list ($current, $options) $list = «»; foreach ($options as $curopt) $sel = «»; if ($current = = $curopt) $sel = «selected = » selected «»; ❋ Unknown (2010)

# substitute build dir with src dir dest = ` pwd | sed — e s, $KDE_BUILD, $KDE_SRC, ` current = ` pwd ` if [ «$dest» = «$current«]; then cd «$KDE_SRC» else cd «$dest» fi fi ❋ Fulldecent (2010)

{remove x from list} return {break} end else {x not yet found} current: = current↑. next end end end; {DELETE} Fig. 4.12. ❋ Unknown (2009)

x then goto add; {break} current: = current↑. next end; add: {current is now the cell after which x is to be inserted} new (newcell); newcell↑. element: = x; newcell↑. next: = current↑. next; current↑. next: = newcell end; {INSERT} Fig. 4.6. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We needed to be inventive about wording in the communique in consideration for a country that did not want to use the term ‘current account balance’… ❋ Unknown (2011)

If it is a type that sensenses an imbalance in current from the hot line to the neutral, then, it would work. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sunday, Mar. 19, 2006 @ 03: 10 mood: satisfied current music: another jay zhou song, dunno the title current — reminsce — envision — archive — guestbook — contact links soccernet the onion break. com newgrounds wikipedia somethingawful talkingcock maddox my ebaystore ❋ Jaimewolf (2006)

Friday, Feb. 11, 2005 @ 04: 04 mood: overloaded current music: One of Jay Zhou’s songs, forgot the title current — reminsce — envision — archive — guestbook — contact links soccernet the onion break. com newgrounds wikipedia somethingawful talkingcock maddox my ebaystore ❋ Jaimewolf (2005)

In order to define the intensity of a current, the term current intensity (formula sign I) has been introduced. ❋ Unknown (1991)

OK, MP, can you deconstruct the British English — why the use of the term current? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The newspaper said the CIA declined comment on the report, which also quoted what it called current and former British officials as saying British special forces and intelligence officers were in Libya. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The newspaper said the CIA declined comment on the report, which quoted what it called current and former British officials as saying British special forces and intelligence officers also are in the North African nation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

EXAMPLE1
GIRL1: who’s your currentGIRL2: [ben]
EXAMPLE2
BOY1: bro, are you guys [dating] yet?
BOY2: [nah man], shes just my current ❋ Catsanddogasruleee (2019)

Proffesor: The current here is [stronk]
Student : the fuck is a current?
Proffesor: [sea] [wind]. ❋ Budi Budi (2014)

[Yes] currently.
[I’m here] currently. ❋ Confused As Fuck (2016)

I tried to currentize an otherwise [bland] outfit with a couple of leather [belts] worn [stacked] around my waist. ❋ Savvy_much (2016)

[That guy] is so [CURRENT] ❋ Hmchmc83 (2016)

He’s [literally] [so cute], he’s [the current]. ❋ Fab-me-lus (2015)

[hahah] [Furrent] lol ([current] and furry) ❋ AngelicAnimal (2021)

Girl 1- «I love her [outfit] it’s like [hipster], but new!»
Girl 2- «Yeah! She’s so [current] !» ❋ Gabby Jane (2016)

*[electricity] [outage] occurs*
“Man [the current]’s off again” ❋ Cyc123 (2019)

[Tracy Grimshaw]: The public has been outraged over (some infamous baddie) being left in peace.
Cue shitty footage of some male reporter harassing baddie at their place of residence.
Tracy Grimshaw: There’s been some new evidence that suggests cats prefer the colour red.
«Expert» (flipping pages): Uh well we’ve been seeing a lot of new evidence that cats like red.
[Random cat] lady: «My old [Mittens] loves red things.»
Street random: «Yeah I like cats.»
Tracy Grimshaw: Next week on A Current Affair… ❋ PomiWells (2012)