- (a.) Running or moving rapidly.
- (a.) Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
- (a.) Passing from person to person or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
- (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; especially, the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
- (a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
- (a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
- (a.) General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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