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How to pronounce current in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms stream
Type of flow, flowing
Has types ocean current, eddy, maelstrom, rip current, riptide, tidal current, tidal flow, torrent, twist, undercurrent, undertide, violent stream, vortex, whirlpool


the raft floated downstream on the current.
Type Words
Synonyms electric current
Type of electrical phenomenon
Has types juice, thermionic current


the current was measured in amperes.
Type Words
Synonyms flow, stream
Type of line, course


the current of history.
Type Words
Derivation currency, currentness


current events.
the current topic.
current negotiations.
current psychoanalytic theories.
the ship's current position.

Examples of current

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In-district students would pay $85 per credit hour, compared to the current $80.
From the stltoday.com
It only took two years for the current administration to rack up that much debt.
From the washingtontimes.com
Current and former students crowded in with parents and staff to share memories.
From the sacbee.com
By 2021, interest costs will rise to $928 billion from the current $205 billion.
From the bloomberg.com
He argues that the current push for deficit reduction makes this time different.
From the bloomberg.com
Previous year estimates are subject to revision when current estimates are made.
From the bloomberg.com
The greenback will also suffer from a widening current account deficit, he said.
From the bloomberg.com
Its current representative, Sue Schlapp, can't run again because of term limits.
From the kansas.com
The department currently has 10 current or former Marines serving the community.
From the dailyherald.com
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  • Occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
  • A flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
  • A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
  • Stream: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
  • (currently) presently: at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut"
  • Current is the final album by the funk band Heatwave to feature new material. It was released in 1982.
  • Electric current means, depending on the context, a flow of electric charge (a phenomenon) or the rate of flow of electric charge (a quantity).
  • The Current Project for Student Journalism (also known as the Current Project or CPSJ) was founded in 2004 as a non-profit organization dedicated to uniting and empowering students in the United States. ...
  • In mathematics, more particularly in functional analysis, differential topology, and geometric measure theory, a k-current in the sense of Georges de Rham is a functional on the space of compactly supported differential k-forms, on a smooth manifold M. ...