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current

adjective
 
 
/ˈkʌr.ənt/ US  /ˈkɝː-/

Definition

B2 of the present time: Have you seen the current issue of (= the most recently published) Vogue magazine? The word is no longer in current use.Now currently
 
 
/-li/ adverb
B2 The Director is currently having talks in the US.Now
(Definition of current adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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