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. — aandrusiak

    ruЭлектрический ток может порождать магнитное поле. — odexed

    deEin elektrischer Strom kann Magnetismus erzeugen. — Dejo

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  2. I'm satisfied with my current income.

    ruЯ доволен своим нынешним доходом. — odexed

    deIch bin mit meinem jetzigen Einkommen zufrieden. — Dejo

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  3. We all want to be current.

    ruМы все хотим идти в ногу со временем. — carlosalberto

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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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Forms

plural: currents
Singularcurrent
Pluralcurrents

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
flowB1streamB1tendencyB1
Close in meaning
  • a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes):stream
  • a flow of electricity through a conductor:electric current
  • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas:streamflow

Word family

57 related words
RelatedcourseA1currencyB1
Derivedaccount currentalternating currentcall-with-current-continuationconvective currentcountercurrentcrosscurrentcurrent balancecurrent dividercurrentlesscurrent moneycurrent sheetcurrent-traditionalismcurrent-traditionalistcurrent-traditional rhetoriccurrentwisedark currentdirect currentdisplacement currentdowncurrenteddy currentelectric currentfault currentfour-currentfunny current

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • against the current
  • current situation
  • current job
  • is the current

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
curlyB1curmudgeoncurrantcurrencyB1currentlyB1curriculumB1curryA2
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