current

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkʌrənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɜrənt, ˈkʌr-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kûr′ənt, kur′-)

Collocations for "current"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "current" in context.

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current

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. (not) in the current [state, status, condition]
  2. [confirm, determine, find out] the current [state] (of)
  3. her current [state] is unknown
  4. the current [leader, president, champion, director] of
  5. this current [time, moment, year]
  6. not at this current moment
  7. (not) at the current time
  8. current [restriction, regulations] may apply
  9. in the current [edition, issue, version] of
  10. current [events, affairs, news, interest, information]
  11. the current [level, price, rate] of
  12. [above, below] the current [level]
  13. a current [topic, story, subject]
  14. tries to [be, stay] current (with)
  15. is current with [politics, pop culture, literature]
  16. the [book, movie, song] is still current (even today)
  17. the rumor is current among [insiders, members, workers]
n
  1. a [strong, dangerous] current
  2. (dangerous) electrical current
  3. [turn, switch] [on, off] the (electrical) current
  4. [water, ocean, river] currents
  5. was caught in the current
  6. the current pulled him [out to sea, away from shore, under]
  7. [swept, whisked, taken] away by the current
  8. [going, paddling] with the current
  9. [going] against the [current]
  10. [warm, cold] air currents
  11. currents of air
  12. a current of [unrest, unease, uncertainty] (among students)
'current' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
CEO - abreast - address - affair - appraisal - awareness - backlog - ballast - balloon - batch - benefit - bid - boss - boyfriend - breaker - bulk - cabinet - chair - chapter - chief - chopper - coach - complement - comprehensive - conflict - connected - contemporary - critic - crop - curriculum - customer - data - debit - director - discourse - disdain - disruption - downturn - drag - dwarf - economic - electric - employer - employment - estimate - evaluate - exchange - fashion - float - follower

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