recent- +

1. Having the characteristics of something which happened or appeared not long ago.
2. A time immediately before the present.

1. Having happened or appeared not long ago: "His daughter talked about the recent birth of her daughter."
2. From current times or the very near past.
3. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.

1. A reference to that which is modern or new.
2. Describing an immediate past or something just previous to the present time.

1. Newness; freshness; lateness of origin or occurrence; such as, the recentness of alluvial land.
2. Having lately come into existence; as, the recentness of news or of events.