Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

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

    Strömung

    пото́кpotók, тече́ниеtečénije

    струмstrum, поті́кpotík, течія́tečijá

  3. Ellipsis of electric current.

    (South Asia, broadly, countable, uncountable)Electricity, power in general.

    Strom

    токtok

    струмstrum

    a flow of electricity through a conductor

  4. (countable, uncountable)A tendency or a course of events.

    ходxod

    dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

Examples

457 sentences
  1. An electric current can generate magnetism.

    Електричний струм може генерувати магнітне поле.

    ruЭлектрический ток может порождать магнитное поле.

    deEin elektrischer Strom kann Magnetismus erzeugen.

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  2. I'm satisfied with my current income.

    ruЯ доволен своим нынешним доходом.

    deIch bin mit meinem jetzigen Einkommen zufrieden.

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  3. We all want to be current.

    ruМы все хотим идти в ногу со временем.

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  4. I'm content with my current position.

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  5. My current boss is a woman.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction — see also ocean current:
Русский
By meaning 3
part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction — see also ocean current:
time rate of flow of electric charge:
tendency or a course of events:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction — see also ocean current:
time rate of flow of electric charge:

Origin

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present pa

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

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