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currently
at the present time: She is currently working on her thesis.
Not to be confused with:
presently – in a little while, soon, shortly: The supervisor will be back presently.
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cur·rent
(kûr′ənt, kŭr′-)adj.
1.
a. Belonging to the present time: current events; current leaders.
b. Being in progress now: current negotiations.
2. Passing from one to another; circulating: current bills and coins.
3. Prevalent, especially at the present time: current fashions. See Synonyms at prevailing.
4. Running; flowing.
n.
1. A steady, smooth onward flow or movement: a current of air from a fan; a current of spoken words. See Synonyms at flow.
2. The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement: rowed out into the river's swift current.
3. A general tendency, movement, or course. See Synonyms at tendency.
4. Symbol IElectricity
a. A flow of electric charge.
b. The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time.
[Middle English curraunt, from Old French corant, present participle of courre, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
cur′rent·ly adv.
cur′rent·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | currently - at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut" |
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Translations
حالياًحاليّا، في الوَقت الحالي
v současné doběmomentálně
for øjeblikketnuværende
tällä hetkellä
trenutačno
jelenleg
núna, um òessar mundir
目下
현재
v súčasnosti
trenutno
för närvarande
ในปัจจุบัน
şu andahâlen
hiện nay
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
currently
adv → momentan, zurzeit, gegenwärtig; it is currently thought that … → die aktuelle Meinung ist, dass …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
current
(ˈkarənt) , ((American) ˈkə:-) adjective of or belonging to the present. current affairs; the current month; the current temperature.
noun1. (the direction of) a stream of water or air. the current of a river.
2. (a) flow of electricity. an electrical current.
ˈcurrently adverb at the present time. John is currently working as a bus-driver.
current account an account with a bank from which money may be withdrawn by cheque.
electric current (not currant); current (not currant) affairs.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
currently
→ حالياً v současné době nuværende gegenwärtig επί του παρόντος actualmente tällä hetkellä actuellement trenutačno attualmente 目下 현재 op dit moment aktuell aktualnie atualmente в настоящее время för närvarande ในปัจจุบัน şu anda hiện nay 现时Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009