Meanings
nouncurrentness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being current.
Other vertues have had little or no currantnesse at all in this age: But valour is become popular by reason of our civill warres[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC - obsoleteuncountableEasiness of pronunciation; fluency.
When currentness [combineth] with staidness, how can the language[…]sound other than most full of sweetness?
1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounthe property of belonging to the present time
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Translations
Finnish ajantasaisuus, ajankohtaisuus
- ajantasaisuusquality of being current
- ajankohtaisuusquality of being current
German Aktualität
- Aktualitätquality of being current
Portuguese atualidade
- atualidadequality of being current
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APA
currentness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currentness
MLA
“currentness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currentness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “currentness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currentness.
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