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UK/ˈkʌɹ.ənt.li/US/ˈkʌɹ ənt.li/US/kɝ.ənt.li/

adverb

At this moment, at present, now.

“I'm currently living with my parents while I find a new job.”

Very commonScrabble 14

Meanings

adverbcurrently (comparative more currently, superlative most currently)

comparative more currently · superlative most currently

  1. At this moment, at present, now.

    I'm currently living with my parents while I find a new job.

    3 more examples

    All the beds of the hotel are currently occupied, but we have a free room tomorrow.

    He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

    2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162

    CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.”

    2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN

    Synonyms: anymore, any more, at present, at the minute, at the moment, at this moment in time, atm, just now

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbat this time or period; now

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans huidiglik
  • huidiglikat this moment
Ancient Greek τῷ παρόντι
  • τῷ παρόντι (tōî parónti)at this moment
Arabic حَالِيًّا
  • حَالِيًّا (ḥāliyyan)at this moment
Bulgarian понастоящем
  • понастоящем (ponastojaštem)at this moment
Catalan actualment
  • actualmentat this moment
Chinese Mandarin 目前, 此刻
  • 目前 (mùqián)at this moment
  • 此刻 (cǐkè)at this moment
  • 眼前 (yǎnqián)at this moment
  • 刻正 (kèzhèng)at this moment
Czech momentálně
  • momentálněat this moment
Danish i øjeblikket
  • i øjeblikketat this moment
Dutch momenteel, huidig
  • momenteelat this moment
  • huidigat this moment
Esperanto momente, nuntempe
  • momenteat this moment
  • nuntempeat this moment
Estonian praegu
  • praeguat this moment
Finnish parhaillaan, parastaikaa
  • parhaillaanat this moment
  • parastaikaaat this moment
  • tällä hetkelläat this moment
French maintenant, actuellement
  • maintenantat this moment
  • actuellementat this moment
  • à l'heure actuelleat this moment
German momentan, zur Zeit
  • momentanat this moment
  • zur Zeitat this moment
  • zurzeitat this moment
  • aktuellat this moment
  • derzeitat this moment
Hebrew כַּיּוֹם
  • כַּיּוֹם (kayóm)at this moment
Hindi फ़िलहाल, फिलहाल
  • फ़िलहाल (filhāl)at this moment
  • फिलहाल (philhāl)at this moment
Hungarian jelenleg, pillanatnyilag
  • jelenlegat this moment
  • pillanatnyilagat this moment
Indonesian sedang, sekarang
  • sedangat this moment
  • sekarangat this moment
Italian attualmente, ora
  • attualmenteat this moment
  • oraat this moment
Japanese 現在は
  • 現在は (genzai wa)at this moment
Korean 현재
  • 현재 (hyeonjae)at this moment
Latvian tagad, patlaban
  • tagadat this moment
  • patlabanat this moment
  • pašlaikat this moment
  • pašreizat this moment
Lithuanian šiuo metu
  • šiuo metuat this moment
Malay kini, sekarang
  • kiniat this moment
  • sekarangat this moment
Persian در حال حاضر
  • در حال حاضر (dar hâl-e hâzer)at this moment
Polish obecnie, aktualnie
  • obecnieat this moment
  • aktualnieat this moment
Portuguese atualmente
  • atualmenteat this moment
Romanian momentan, actualmente
  • momentanat this moment
  • actualmenteat this moment
  • la momentul actualat this moment
  • la moment (Moldova)at this moment
Russian в да́нный моме́нт, в настоя́щее вре́мя
  • в да́нный моме́нт (v dánnyj momént)at this moment
  • в настоя́щее вре́мя (v nastojáščeje vrémja)at this moment
  • сейча́с (sejčás)at this moment
Slovak momentálne
  • momentálneat this moment
Spanish actualmente, ahora
  • actualmenteat this moment
  • ahoraat this moment
  • hoyat this moment
Swedish för närvarande, nu
  • för närvarandeat this moment
  • nuat this moment
  • för tillfälletat this moment
Turkish şu anda, halen
  • şu andaat this moment
  • halenat this moment
Ukrainian на ра́зі, тепе́р
  • на ра́зі (na rázi)at this moment
  • тепе́р (tepér)at this moment
  • в да́ний час (v dányj čas)at this moment
Urdu فِالْحال
  • فِالْحال (filhāl)at this moment
Cite this entry
APA

currently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currently

MLA

“currently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currently. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “currently,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currently.

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