How to pronounce recent:
Example: "Recent graduates"
Example: "A late development"
Having happened a short while ago.
Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
Example: "I met three recent graduates at the conference."
Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
(capitalised as "recent") of the holocene, particularly pre-21st century.