# current

Pronunciation: say "KUR-uhnt" /ˈkʌɹ.ənt/

## Adjective

1. Existing or happening at the present time rather than in the past or future.
   - Simple: Happening or existing right now, at this time.
   - _Her current job pays better than the one she left._
   - _The current weather makes the mountain trail too dangerous to climb._
4. Generally accepted, used, or practiced at the present time; in common circulation.
   - Simple: Widely used or accepted by people at this time.
   - _That spelling is no longer current in modern writing._
   - _The theory was current among scholars of the period before being disproved._
6. Having to do with electricity or the electricity supply; electric. *(South Asia)*
   - Simple: Electric, or having to do with electricity.
   - _The landlord pays for water, but tenants pay their own current bills._
   - _After the storm, a current wire was left dangling over the lane, so nobody let the children play outside._

## Noun

2. A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a larger mass such as the sea, a river or the atmosphere.
   - Simple: Water or air moving in one direction, like the strong flow in a river or the sea.
   - _The current carried the raft several miles down the coast._
   - _Sailors learned to read the ocean currents before setting out._
3. The amount of electric charge flowing past a point in each unit of time.
   - Simple: The amount of electricity that flows past a point, for example in a wire, each second.
   - _Engineers measured the current passing through the heavy cable._
   - _A higher voltage can push more current through the same resistor._
5. A prevailing tendency or general direction in which events or opinions move.
   - Simple: A general way that events or feelings are moving among people.
   - _A current of reform swept through the old institution._
   - _He sensed the shifting current of public opinion long before the vote._

## Adjective

7. Running or moving rapidly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Moving or running very fast.

## Origin

Latin currere ("to run") gave Old French courre ("to run"), whose present participle curant was borrowed into Middle English as curraunt. It is a doublet of courant.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/current (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).