Current

Definition: Current

Current

Adjective

1. Occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position".

Noun

1. A flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes".

2. A steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air".

3. Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history".

Date "current" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Current \Cur"rent\, adjective. [Old English currant, Old French curant, corant, personal pronoun of curre, corre, French courre, courir, to run, from Latin currere; perhaps akin to English horse. Compare to Course, Concur, Courant, Coranto.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Current

Domain	Definition
Computing	Current The quantity of charge per unit time, measured in Amperes (Amps, A). By historical convention, the sign of current is positive for currents flowing from positive to negative potential, but experience indicates that electrons are negatively charged and flow in the opposite direction. (1995-10-05). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Electrical Engineering	Movement of electricity in a medium or along a circuit; the direction of the current is accepted as opposite to that of the motion of negative electricity. Source: European Union. (references)
	The flow of electrons or holes, usually measured in amperes(amp or A)or in fractions of an ampere(milli-amps or micro-amps). Source: European Union. (references)
	The total electrical current flowing through the gap from the workpiece to the tool. Source: European Union. (references)
	The elementary quantity of electricity flowing through a given section of a conductor divided by the corresponding indefinitely small time. Source: European Union. (references)
	A flow of electricity, i. e. an ordered movement of electrically charged particles. Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	The flow of electrical energy (electricity) in a conductor, measured in amperes. (Electrical). (references)
Geography	The directed movement of water in a stream or lake, and the moving water itself. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Current The drift of the current is the rate per hour at which the current runs. The setting of the current is that point of the compass towards which the waters of the current run. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	A. The part of a fluid body esp. as air or water, that is moving continuously in a definite direction, often with a velocity much swifter than the average, or in which the progress of the fluid is principally concentrated b. A horizontal movement or continuous flow of water in a given direction with a more or less uniform velocity, producing a perceptible mass transport, set in motion by winds, waves, gravity, or differences in temperature and density, and of a permanent or seasonal nature, esp. an ocean current c. The velocity of flow of a fluid in a stream d. The swiftest part of a stream e. A tidal or a nontidal movement, often horizontal, of lake or ocean water. Syn:drift f. Condition of flowing. Flow marked by force or strength. Syn:flow;flux. (references)
Physics	Scalar quantity equal to the flux of the current density through that surface. Source: European Union. (references)
Statistics	The shipment of Community goods and non-Community goods to a destination in another Member State. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
cur.	English	Current	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Eventuality	Adjective: happening; v; going on, doing, current; in the wind, in the air, afloat; on foot, afoot, on the tapis; at issue, in question; incidental.
Existence	Adjective: existing; Verb: existent, under the sun; in existence; Noun: extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed.
Impulse	Adjective: habitual; accustomary; prescriptive, accustomed; Verb: of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; consuetudinary; wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot; well-trodden, well-known; familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped; prevailing, prevalent; current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited; of course, admitted, understood.
Language	Adjective: lingual, linguistic; dialectic; vernacular, current; bilingual; diglot, hexaglot, polyglot; literary.
News	Adjective: many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town.
The Present Time	Adjective: present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is; present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment.
Wind	Noun: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	That's my current plan, yes. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Your Monte Cristo sandwich is a current favorite among the adventurous (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard) In case you haven't been paying attention to current events, we just got our asses kicked, pal (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler) There's a high voltage current running underneath the tower (Final Fantasy VII; writing credit: Kouze Ide; Kazushige Nojima) Under the current ratings system, it's more socially acceptable to cut off a woman's breast than to kiss it (Women of the House; writing credit: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)
Lyrics	Because of the current revolution in mathematics teaching known as the New (New Math; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	A Current Affair (1971) Court of Current Issues (1948) The Petal on the Current (1919) A Current Affair (1990)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Electric Current in Asia (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Electric Current Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Forecasts of Electric Current Export Supplies (reference) The World Market for Unused Postage, Revenue, or Similar Stamps of Current or New Issue; Check Forms; Banknotes; Stock, Share, or Bond Certificates; and Similar Documents of Title: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	B J Summers Guide to Coca Cola: Identifications Current Values (B J Summer's Guide to Coca Cola, 4th Ed) (reference) Acknowledging the positive role of Taiwan in the current Asian financial crisis and affirming the support of the American people for peace and stability on the Taiwan Strait and security for Taiwan's democracy : markup before the Subcommittee on Asia and (reference) Current Text 2002 2003: Accounting Standards As of June 1, 2002: Industry Standards/Topical Index/Appendices, Volume 2 (reference) Acupuncture Therapy: Current Chinese Practice (reference) The Charles Press Handbook of Current Medical Abbreviations (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Acc Current Journal Review (reference) Acu Bulletin Of Current Documentation (reference) American Foreign Policy Current Documents (reference) Annual Directory Ongoing & Current Technology Grants (reference) Asiac Current Awareness Bulletin (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	River Challenge:Mastering Current (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	So Flows the Current (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	PHOENIX GOLD PS10B-500 10 Gauge High Current Power Cable (reference) Backpack USB 2.0 Adapter Upg Kit for All Current Backpack Models (reference) Monster Cable TMC2 + Monster Battery Terminals for Greater DC Current Transfer Positive Terminal (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base for 6" and 8" Jointer Current Model Powermatic Machines (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Table showing comparison of maximum and current morbidity of most vaccine-preventable diseases. Credit: CDC.		Air photo mission and Launch 1255 engaged in Boston Harbor Current Study. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Sigsbee Sounding Machine - invented by Charles D. Sigsbee First efficient piano wire sounding instrument Basic design of ocean sounding instruments stayed the same for the next 50 years Here the sounding machine is used to set Pillsbury current meter at known depth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Low tide along South Carolina shoreline showing current action. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Icy Bay, Yahtse Glacier - current meter by helicopter. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Deploying a current meter from the stern of the ALBATROSS IV for warm core study. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Current buoy near Tacoma - at least a 5 knot current streaming by. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Preparing current meters to secure to tethered mooring during Gulf Stream eddy studies from the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Fisheries.
	Buoy with tethered current meter being launched during Gulf Stream eddy studies from NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Fisheries.		Lieutenant Bill Harrigan flying Bell 206 during Icy Bay current studies. Credit: Flying With NOAA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts.		Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts.
	Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
George Eliot	But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
John Maynard Keynes	But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. in the long run we are all dead.
Thomas Jefferson	In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Until a new convention shall have been concluded, Germany shall conform to the provisions of the Berne Convention and the subsequent additions referred to above, and to the current supplementary provisions. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The child went singing away, following up the current of the brook, and striving to mingle a more lightsome cadence with its melancholy voice
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The current of his thought had not changed
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Emerald and black and russet and olive, it moved beneath the current, swaying and turning
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Fouler than heart can think thee, thou canst make No excuse current but to hang thyself
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Each man sat in the water and felt the tug of the current.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		It is updated periodically to reflect current scientific knowledge. (references)
		Overall, men have a higher rate of current cocaine use than do women. (references)
		Epidemiologic data support the quality and safety of current products. (references)
Business		GCC talks on establishing a current external tariff continue. (references)
		In Europe, GSM is the current standard for digital telephony. (references)
		DHSV’s current approach favors decentralization of service provision. (references)
Children	Brazil	Girls and boys attend school in roughly comparable numbers; current elementary enrolment is 51 percent boys, 49 percent girls. (references)
	Cote d'Ivoire	The informal labor sectors are not regulated under current labor laws, so domestics, most non-industrial farm laborers and those who work in the country's vast network of street shops and restaurants remain outside most government protection. (references)
	Congo	Current literacy rates were unknown but were believed to have fallen due to the widespread destruction of schools and displacement of persons by the political instability and physical insecurity during much of the 1990's. Teenage girls sometimes exchanged sex voluntarily or under pressure for better grades. (references)
Civil Liberties	Morocco	Their proposals were aimed at easing current restrictions and giving associations more freedom to organize and function. (references)
	Zimbabwe	Joy TV is not permitted to broadcast local news or current affairs programming; however, it does broadcast BBC news reports. (references)
	Thailand	Since then more than 1,900 have been resettled in 9 countries, reducing the current registered refugee population to fewer than 100 persons. (references)
Economic History	Singapore	Total GDP was US$88 billion in current dollars. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	These same requirements apply to current members. (references)
	Sudan	No current accurate population statistics available. (references)
Human Rights	Bahamas	Prison officials plan to renovate the current maximum-security unit once the new building is in service. (references)
	Guatemala	Law enforcement authorities and justice sector workers continued to work without a current Minors' Code. (references)
	Russia	Grigoryants was on his way to a conference in the U.S., where he planned to deliver a critical paper on current domestic developments. (references)
Minorities	Rwanda	That genocide ended later the same year when a predominately Tutsi militia, operating out of Uganda and occupied Rwandan territory, overthrew that government and established the current Government. (references)
Political Economy	PORTUGAL	Portugal maintains no current controls on capital flows. (references)
	AUSTRIA	Under the current government their impact is decreasing. (references)
Political Rights	Tonga	All nine current representatives of the general population advocate various degrees of democratic reform. (references)
	Morocco	The Interior Minister has been replaced twice since then, and the current Minister, Driss Jettou, has a background in business and finances, rather than in security. (references)
	Mauritania	A countrywide census, taken at the end of 1998 and designed to register all citizens and standardize the current complex system of names, also was aimed in part at providing the basis for free and fair elections. (references)
Trade	Philippines	Exim's current exposure in the Philippines is about $ 2.3 billion. (references)
	Venezuela	Current short-term borrowing rates are around 26 percent per annum. (references)
	Nepal	The Nepali rupee is convertible for all current account transactions. (references)
Travel	France	Electric current in France is 220 volts AC, 50 cycles. (references)
	Bolivia	Residential current in La Paz is 110 and 220 volts, 50 cycles. (references)
	Mexico	The cost as of June 19, 2001, is about US$165 at current exchange rates. (references)
Women	Kuwait	Both remaining sets of plaintiffs stated that their goal was for the Constitutional Court to rule that the current election law was unconstitutional. (references)
	Thailand	The Constitution specifies that at least one-third of the members of the National Human Rights Commission be women; 5 of the 11 current commissioners are women. (references)
	Brazil	In 1998 the National Movement for Human Rights (NMHR) reported that female murder victims were 30 times more likely to have been killed by current or former husbands or lovers than by others, a rate that the NMHR believes still continues. (references)
Worker Rights	Guatemala	The Labor Code reforms adopted in May significantly increased--to the equivalent of 10-50 times the current minimum monthly wage--penalties for defying such orders. (references)
	Oman	Without such a letter, a foreign worker must continue to work for his current employer or become technically unemployed, which are sufficient grounds for deportation. (references)
	Uganda	On April 10, workers of the Radio Uganda Current Affairs Department in Kampala went on strike, protesting the nonpayment of salaries since October 2000. On April 11, the strikers resumed work after management paid them 2 months of more than a year's back salary. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. "The man was in such deep distress," Said Tom, "that I could do no less Than give him good advice." Said Jim: "If less could have been done for him I know you well enough, my son, To know that's what you would have done." Jebel Jocordy
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Soft money was invented by creative souls as a way around the current campaign finance structure.
Vice President Cheney	I don't think we've reached that conclusion yet, Bob. That's a decision, obviously, the secretary of defense, the current secretary, Don Rumsfeld, would have to come to and then make a recommendation to the president.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Appropriations for the current service of the ensuing year and for such extraordinaries as may require provision will demand, and I doubt not will engage, your early attention.
James Monroe	1817-1825	I am equally well satisfied, as a general rule, that the demands of the current year, especially in time of peace, should be provided for by the revenue of that year.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	A report from the commissioner of the public buildings in this city exhibits the expenditures upon them in the course of the current year.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The Argentine Republic has again promised to send within the current year a minister to the United States.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	While the current deficit lasts, ways will be found to ease our dollar outlays abroad without placing the full burden on the families of men whom we have asked to serve our Flag overseas.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	We must explore every reasonable prospect for meeting our energy needs when our current domestic reserves of oil and natural gas begin to dwindle in the next decade.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Yet the current pressures and uncertainties should not obscure the achievements of the past four years.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	We've seen a powerful new current from an old and honorable tradition--American generosity.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	To take firm root, Bosnia's fragile peace still needs the support of American and allied troops when the current NATO mission ends in June.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.36%	12,128	762
Noun (singular)	1.62%	200	21,580
Noun (proper)	0.02%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	12,330	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Current	Last name	1,000	11,090
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "current": A direct induced current ♦ ac current ♦ Account current ♦ advection current ♦ against current ♦ air current ♦ alternate current ♦ alternate current bus ♦ alternate current distribution system ♦ Alternating current ♦ alternating current ac ♦ alternating current bus ♦ alternating current filter ♦ alternating current generator ♦ alternating current network ♦ anode alternating current resistance ♦ back current ♦ balance of current payments ♦ balance on current account ♦ base leakage current ♦ be current ♦ bias current ♦ collected current ♦ collector current ♦ compensation of employees at current prices ♦ constrained current operation ♦ continuous current ♦ continuous stall current ♦ convection current ♦ convective current ♦ current account ♦ current account balance ♦ current affairs ♦ current annual forest per cent ♦ current annual forest percent ♦ current assets ♦ current bush ♦ current coin ♦ current collector ♦ current coupon issues ♦ current date ♦ current density ♦ current distributor ♦ current electricity ♦ current events ♦ current exchange ♦ current expenses ♦ current failure ♦ current flow ♦ current gas ♦ current industrial report ♦ current intelligence ♦ current intensity ♦ current liabilities ♦ current loan maturities ♦ current market value ♦ current matter ♦ current maturity ♦ current meter ♦ Current mill ♦ current money ♦ current month ♦ current of air ♦ current of ideas ♦ current of river ♦ current of thought ♦ current opinion ♦ current output ♦ current page ♦ current per phase ♦ current price ♦ current publication ♦ current retard ♦ current risks ♦ current sectionalisation switch ♦ Current Sourcing Logic ♦ current state ♦ current tax on wealth ♦ current unit ♦ current value ♦ current voltage characteristic ♦ current week ♦ Current wheel ♦ current year ♦ DC current ♦ Delta current ♦ diode quiescent current ♦ direct current ♦ direct current bus ♦ direct current chromic process ♦ direct current distribution system ♦ direct current filter ♦ direct current form factor ♦ direct current generator ♦ direct current network ♦ direct current signaling ♦ direct current signalling ♦ down current ♦ drop current ♦ Eddy current ♦ eddy current probe. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "current": current-account, current-affairs, current-awareness, current-carrying, current-cost, current-creating, current-derived, current-gain, current-generation, current-limiting, current-mode, current-output, current-period, current-using, current-voltage, current-weighted, current-year.
	Ending with "current": alternating-current, cross-current, low-current, non-current, series-current, shunt-current, voltage-current.
	Containing "current": call-with-current-continuation.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
current mortgage rate	2,694	current use	148
current	1,856	current magazine	122
current event	1,601	card current	118
current check	1,346	current home mortgage rate	117
current time	1,175	science current event	111
current interest rate	921	current minimum wage	110
current mortgage interest rate	631	current label	109
current catalog	477	current gold price	106
current hair style	342	eddy current	104
current news	329	hartford current	104
current river	303	alternating current direct versus	102
current affair	272	swift current	101
current weather	266	carlsbad current argus	100
current transformer	205	current stationery	90
current prime rate	188	current ratio	88
ocean current	169	current technology	84
current exchange rate	158	current issue	80
current inc	155	san antonio current	77
current electricity	151	current prime interest rate	73
current movie	149	current river missouri	67
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "current"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		huidig (actual, present, present-day), aktueel (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Albanian		rrymë elektrike, rrymë (drift, effluent, jet, Niagara, nullah, onflow, outpour, rain, spurt, squirt, stream, thrashing-floor, threshing floor, tide, wave), rrjedhë (course, drift, effluence, flow, March, onflow, run, tenor, tide, watercourse), prirje (affinity, aptitude, bent, disposition, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, taste, tendency, trend, vocation), në vazhdim (following, in progress, together, under way), në qarkullim (abroad, afloat, circulating), i zakonshëm (accustomed, common, common or garden, commonplace, consuetudinary, customary, daily, day to day, everyday, familiar, general, habitual, homely, mundane, natural, normal, ordinary, ready made, regular, routine, second best, standard, usual, vulgar, wonted, workaday), i tanishëm (actual, immediate, nowaday, present), i kaluar (advanced, back, departed, last, mounted, overpast, past), i fundit (closing, dernier, ending, final, hindmost, last, latter, parting, rearmost, recent, terminal, ultimate, utmost), aktual (actual, live, palpitating, present, present day, prevailing, topical). (various references)

Arabic		‏حاضر (attendant, discourse, give a lecture, harangue, lecture, present, present day, ready), ‏رائج (marketable, popular, salable), ‏آني, ‏جريان (circulation, flow, inflow, passing), ‏جار (cursive, neighbor, neighbour, present, present day, progress, running), ‏جاري (flowing, instant, streaming), ‏ذائع (afloat, rife), ‏سائد (epidemic, general, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, ruling), ‏شائع (afloat, common, epidemic, general, popular, prevalent, public, rife, trendy, two a penny, widespread), ‏تيار مائي, دارج (common, popular), ‏حالي (actual, circumstantial, existent, existing, immediate, present, present day, running), ‏قائم (erect, existing, getting up, situated, standing, upright), ‏مجرى (drift, run, stream, trend), ‏مجرى الحياة, ‏متداول (reciprocal, reciprocally), ‏متدفق (effluent, flowing out, outflowing, running, streaming, torrential), ‏منتشر (circulating, common, diffuse, diffused, expanded, in circulation, outstretched, popular, prevailing, prevalent, rife, spread, widespread), ‏تيار (flow, influx, stream). (various references)

Bulgarian		струя (blast, flow, gush, jet, rush, spout, squirt, stream, trail, well up), сегашен (existent, existing, going, nowaday, present, present day, running), ход (action, bat, course, foot, gait, going, lapse, motion, move, movement, operation, pace, passage, passing, play, ploy, process, race, rate, run, running, stream, swing, tenor, tide, track, train, tread, twist, walk, way), ток (amperage, heel, heel-piece), течение (course, draught, drift, flow, flowage, flux, fluxion, lapse, onflow, passage, stream, sweep, tide), текущ (going, passing, running, topical), в обръщение, моден (chic, fashionable, genteel, go, high-toned, in, mainstream, mod, modern, modish, new, newfangled, nifty, rakish, saucy, smart, stylish, swanky, swell, swinging, swish), поток (flow, gush, nullah, onflow, pour, river, run, runnel, shower, stream, tide). (various references)

Chinese		這次 (now, present), 現在 (at present, modern, now, nowadays, present), 現時 , 現 (appear, existing, now, present), 當前 (modern, present, to be facing, today's), 當今 (now, nowadays, present), 本屆 (this year), 潮流 (tide, trend), 潮 (damp, humid, moist, tide), 当前 (Currently), 今 (modern, now, present, this, today). (various references)

Czech		stávající (existing), rozšířený (dilatable, disseminated, effuse, enlarged, expanded, wide, widespread), proud (drift, flood, flow, flush, gush, jet, race, river, run, spout, stream, trend), poslední (bottom, dying, final, fresh, last, latest, lattermost, the last, ultimate), dnešní (contemporary, hodiernal, latter day, today's), bìžný (common, common or garden, customary, going, habitual, ordinary, passable, routine, standing, unexceptional, usual), aktuální (actual, live, ongoing, recent, relevant, topical, up to date). (various references)

Danish		strøm (flow, stream), nærværende (actual, present, present-day). (various references)

Dutch		stroom (flow, river, stream, torrent, volley), stroming (flow, stream, tendency), actueel (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Esperanto		nuntempa (present), nuna (present), kurento, hodiaŭa (present, present-day), fluo (flow, stream), aktuala (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Faeroese		streymur (tide), núverandi (present). (various references)

Farsi		متداول (General, Ordinary, Prevalent, Standard, Uptodate, Usual, Vogue), معاصر (Contemporaneous, Contemporary), تزند, تزن , جاری (Ooze, Sisterinlaw), رایج (Brisk, Prevalent), شایع (Incident, Prevalent, Rampant, Rife, Widespread). (various references)

Finnish		virtaus (stream), virta (flow, stream, torrent). (various references)

French		courant (current flow), actuel. (various references)

Frisian		stream (flow, stream), op 't stuit fan betsjutting (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date), hjoeddeisk (actual, present, present-day), aktueel (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

German		strömung (direction, drift, flow, race, stream, tendency, trend), gegenwärtig (at present, currently, existing, now, present, present day, present-day, presently, topical, up-to-date), aktuell (actual, actually, currently, latest, live, newsworthy, present, present-day, prevailing, relevant, timely, topical, topically, up, up to date, up-to-date), strom (electricity, flux, gush, passage, power, river, stream, torrent, volley), jetzig (present), momentan (currently, instantaneous), laufend (constantly, continually, currently, ongoing, outstanding, present, proceeding, regular, routine, running, runny, trending). (various references)

Greek		ρεύμα (creek, drift, rip, stream, waft). (various references)

Hebrew		זרם (course, downpour, flow, flux, influx, spurt, stream, tide, trend). (various references)

Hungarian		elterjedt (pervading, prevalent, rife, to pass current, to run current, worldwide), áram (juice, power, stream). (various references)

Icelandic		núverandi (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date), nútímalegur (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date), núgildandi (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Indonesian		masa kini, jaman mutakhir, arus (flow), aliran (CONDUIT, drift, flow, genre, ism, PIPELINE, stream, TREND, WIRING), aktual (recent, topical). (various references)

Irish		reatha. (various references)

Italian		corrente (drift, flow, flowing, fluent, going, instant, ordinary, power, present, running, rush, smooth, stream, swim, tide), attuale (actual, alive, present, present day, present-day, prevailing, topical, up-to-date), presente (at present, attendant, donation, gift, present, this). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		趨向 (tendency, trend), 風潮 (tendency, tide), 現行 (in operation, present), 現在 (modern times, nowadays, present, up to now), 瀬 (rapids, shallows, shoal, torrent), 流れ (stream), 当座 (for some time, immediate, present), カレー饂飩 (calendar, calorie, can-can, carol, Carolina, carotene, college, college level, college paper, corolla, currency, current English, current price, current topics, kan ecology, kangaroo, Kansas, Udon cooked with curry topping). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すうこう (lofty, Songshan, supreme, tendency, trend), ながれ (stream), ふうちょう (tendency, tide), せ (area measure ca. 100 sqm, rapids, shallows, shoal, thirty tsubo, torrent), カレント , げんざい (civil engineering chord member, modern times, nowadays, original sin, present, up to now), げんこう (black and yellow silk, copy, heaven and earth, in operation, manuscript, natural decrease, ore, present, speech and behaviour, the Mongol Invasion), とうざ (for some time, immediate, present). (various references)

Korean		현재 (Present). (various references)

Luganda		obudde (current time, time). (various references)

Manx		troa (direction, drift, set, strike, surge, trend), stroo lectragh (juice), stroo (race, stream, tidal flow, tide-race, watercourse). (various references)

Norwegian		strøm (flood, flow, flush, high tide). (various references)

Papiamen		koriente, aktual (present, present-day, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Pig Latin		urrentcay.(various references)

Polish		współczesny (present), obecny (present). (various references)

Portuguese		corrente (backwash, cable, catena, chain, circulation, course, criss-cross, fetter, floating, flow, flowing, fluent, flux, fresh, general, guy, prevailing, preventer, rife, river, ruling, running, runny, scour, shackle, stream, tether, tide, tie, undercurrent), atual (actual, nowaday, prevailing, ruling, topical). (various references)

Romanian		curs (act, channel, course, duration, flow, lapse, lecture, progress, quotation, rate, session, swim, tack, train, trend), curent (course, daily, draught, flow, fluent, fluently, flux, generally, instant, legal, popular, prevailing, prevalent, race, readily, routine, ruling, running, stream, swift, tide, trend, usual, usually), comun (banal, base, common, communal, everyday, frequent, general, joint, low, mediocre, mutual, ordinary, rife, universal, usual, vulgar), valabil (available, canonic, canonical, good, valid), uzual (accustomed, customary, habitual, ordinary, usual, usually), uzitat (accepted, common, conventional, customary, usual), rãspândit (prevailing, prevalent, scattered, wide-spread), mers (course, drive, driven, gait, go, going, lapse, motion, movement, pace, run, scrambling, set, stroke, walk, walking), actual (actual, existent, existing, fresh, modern, nowaday, present, ruling, topical, up to date), în curs. (various references)

Russian		струя (flow, jet, jet of, spirt, spout, squirt, stream, whiff), ходовой (sought-after), ток (amperage, corn-floor, thrashing machine, thrashing-floor, threshing floor, threshing-floor, toque), течение (course, drift, flight, flow, flowing, flux, lapse, onflow, passage, progress, run, stream, tenor, trend), текущий (flowing, instant, operating, processor-active, recurring, running, then current, then-current, unfunded), находящийся в обращении, актуальность (currentness, present, topical, topicality), актуально�, актуал�, поток (flow, flux, gush, outpour, rain, shower, spate, stream, tide, torrance, torrent, volley, watercourse). (various references)

Scottish		sruth (a stream, become liquid, running water, stream). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		važeći (effect: in effect, lawfully, passable, valid), struja (power, stream, tide), sadašnji (being, present, present day), današnji (hodiernal, present day), aktuelan (actual, going, up to date). (various references)

Spanish		corriente (accepted, air blast, bread and butter, common, crosscurrent, current month, drift, easy, familiar, flow, flowing, general, going, juice, normal, nullah, onflow, ordinary, outpour, popular, prevalent, rain, regular, running, staple, stream, swim, tendency, tide, topic, topical, unexceptional), contemporáneo (Comrade, contemporaneous, contemporary, live, present), actual (actual, existing, flowing, going, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, reigning, topic, topical, up-to-date). (various references)

Swedish		ström (electricity, flood, flow, flux, fountain, gush, jet, onflow, pour, race, rash, river, rush, sea, spate, stream, torrent), strömstyrka (amperage, current flow), strömning (drift, impulse, tide, trend), nuvarande (actual, currently, existent, existing, nowadays, present, these days), gängse (prevalent). (various references)

Turkish		cereyan (circulation, draft, draught, flow, tide), cari (prevailing, ruling, running), tedavüldeki, geçerli (acceptable, admissible, available, effective, effectual, eligible, far out, in force, in use, operative, passable, prevailing, received, regnant, ruling, sound, valid, viable), geçer (acceptable, passable, passing, received, valid), eğilim (affection, aptitude, bent, bias, device, disposition, drift, gravitation, inclination, leaning, liability, notion, obliquity, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pulse, relish, sense, set, slant, squint, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend, turn, twist), bugünkü (existent, existing, modern, present day, today's, up to date), şimdiki (actual, present, present day, the present), akıntı (afflux, chute, circulation, drift, effluence, effluent, flow, flux, issue, race, stream), akım (flow, movement, rheo-, stream, trend). (various references)

Ukrainian		сучасний (actual, coeval, contemporaneous, contemporary, existent, latter day, modern, neoteric, new, new-day, nowaday, present day, recent, up to date, up-dated, with it), струмінь (fluent, jet, spout, stream, waftage, whiffle), ходячий (ambulatory, walking), течія (course, flow, flux, onflow, stream), нинішній (now, nowaday, present), потік (avalanche, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, flow, outpour, rain, river, spate, splurge, torrent), поточний (actual, instant, operating, recurring, ruling). (various references)

Vietnamese		chiều (dimension, direction, p.m., pip emma, post meridiem), thịnh hành (prevalent), thông dụng hiện thời, này được thừa nhận, luồng (whiff), hiện nay (being, now, present, present-day, presently), hiện hành, đi xuôi dòng, đang lưu hành phổ biến. (various references)

Welsh		cerrynt (course, road), llif (flood, saw, stream). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	amne, amnem, amnis, celebrata, celebratis, celebratum, currere. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	corant. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Matthew Chapter 28, Verse 15
Cebuano	Busa gidawat nila ang kuwarta ug ilang gibuhat ang gitudlo kanila, ug kining maong asoy nasangyaw ngadto sa mga Judio hangtud niining mga adlawa.
Croatian	Oni uzeše novac i uèiniše kako bijahu pouèeni. I razglasilo se to meðu Židovima - sve do danas.
Danish	Men de toge Pengene og gjorde, som det var lært dem. Og dette Ord blev udspredt iblandt Jøderne indtil den Dag i Dag.
Dutch	En zij, het geld genomen hebbende, deden, gelijk zij geleerd waren. En dit woord is verbreid geworden bij de Joden tot op den huidigen dag.
Finnish	Niin he ottivat rahat ja tekivät, niinkuin heitä oli neuvottu. Ja tätä puhetta on levitetty juutalaisten kesken, ja sitä kerrotaan vielä tänäkin päivänä.
French	Les soldats prirent l`argent, et suivirent les instructions qui leur furent données. Et ce bruit s`est répandu parmi les Juifs, jusqu`à ce jour.
German	Und sie nahmen das Geld und taten, wie sie gelehrt waren. Solches ist eine gemeine Rede geworden bei den Juden bis auf den heutigen Tag.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka tentara pengawal itu mengambil uang itu, dan melakukan seperti yang dipesankan kepada mereka. Oleh karena itu cerita itu masih tersiar di antara orang Yahudi sampai pada hari ini.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lalu diambilnya uang itu, diperbuatnya sebagaimana yang diajarkan kepadanya. Maka masyhurlah perkataan ini di antara orang Yahudi hingga sekarang ini.
Italian	Quelli, preso il denaro, fecero secondo le istruzioni ricevute. Così questa diceria si è divulgata fra i Giudei fino ad oggi.
Manx Gaelic	Myr shen ghow ad yn argid, as ren ad myr va currit roue: as ta'n raa shoh dy cadjin er ny insh magh mastey ny Hewnyn gys y laa t'ayn jiu.
Maori	Na ka tango ratou i nga moni, a meinga ana nga mea i akona ai ratou: heoi kei te korerotia tenei e nga Hurai, a taea noatia tenei ra.
Norwegian	De tok da pengene, og gjorde som de blev lært; og dette rykte kom ut blandt jødene, og har holdt sig til denne dag.
Rumanian	Ostawii au luat banii, wi au fqcut cum i-au knvqyat. Wi s`a rqspkndit zvonul acesta printre Iudei pknq kn ziua de astqzi.
Russian	пОЙ, ЧЪСЧ ДЕОШЗЙ, РПУФХРЙМЙ, ЛБЛ ОБХЮЕОЩ ВЩМЙ; Й РТПОЕУМПУШ УМПЧП УЙЕ НЕЦДХ ЙХДЕСНЙ ДП УЕЗП ДОС.
Shuar	Nuyá suntarsha Kuítian achikiar tiarmia nuna Tímiatrusan Titiái tusar wéarmiayi. Tura tuke yamaisha Israer-shuar tu Túrunaiti Tuíniawai.
Spanish	Ellos tomaron el dinero e hicieron como habían sido instruidos. Y este dicho se ha divulgado entre los judíos hasta el día de hoy.
Swahili	Wale walinzi wakazichukua zile fedha, wakafanya kama walivyofundishwa. Habari hiyo imeenea kati ya Wayahudi mpaka leo.
Swedish	Och de togo emot penningarna och gjorde såsom man hade lärt dem. Och det talet utspriddes bland judarna och är gängse bland dem ännu i denna dag.
Uma	Radoa-mi-rawo tantara doi toe, pai' ra'uli' hewa to oti ratudui' -raka. Duu' rata hi eo tohe'i, motote oa' lolita toe hi to Yahudi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "current": currently, currentness, currentnesses, currents. (additional references)
	Words ending with "current": concurrent, countercurrent, crosscurrent, decurrent, excurrent, incurrent, intercurrent, nonconcurrent, noncurrent, nonrecurrent, occurrent, photocurrent, recurrent, supercurrent, uncurrent, undercurrent. (additional references)
	Words containing "current": concurrently, concurrents, countercurrently, countercurrents, crosscurrents, occurrents, photocurrents, recurrently, supercurrents, undercurrents. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Current" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carent, corment, Correns, corret, corvent, crent, curant, curent, currane, currenty, curreny, currnet, cutrant, cuurent, iurarunt, kuranty, kurrent, Murrant, urrent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "current" (pronounced ker"unt, ker"nt , or kÄ"runt)
5	k er" u n t	concurrent, intercurrent, recurrent.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
3	-er" n t	burnt, learnt.
4	-r u n t	apparent, arrant, aberrant, abhorrent, adherent, celebrant, coherent, Courant, immigrant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-n-r-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: curter, return, turner.
	-2 letters: centu, cruet, curer, curet, cuter, eruct, recur, recut, rerun, truce, truer, tuner.
	-3 letters: cent, cure, curn, curr, curt, cute, ecru, rent, ruer, rune, runt, tern, true, tune, turn.
	-4 letters: cue, cur, cut, ecu, ern, err, net, nut, rec, ret, rue, run, rut, ten, tun, urn.
	-5 letters: en, er, et, ne, nu.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-n-r-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: currents, trouncer.
	+2 letters: currently, decurrent, excurrent, incurrent, occurrent, raconteur, recontour, recounter, recurrent, trouncers, uncurrent.
	+3 letters: concurrent, countercry, introducer, noncurrent, nurturance, nutcracker, occurrents, quercitron, raconteurs, recontours, recounters, recruiting, rencounter, scrutineer, transducer, undercroft, underreact, undertrick.
	+4 letters: carbureting, carburetion, concurrents, conjecturer, contracture, corruptness, counterfire, counterpart, counterraid, currentness, furtherance, incorrupted, incurvature, interchurch, intercourse, introducers, mercurating, mercuration, natriuretic, neurotropic, nurturances, nutcrackers, perfunctory, procrustean, procurement, quercitrons, recapturing, reconstruct, recontoured, recruitment, rectangular, recurrently, reencounter, reintroduce, rencounters, scrutineers, scrutinizer, supercenter, transducers, unchartered, uncorrected, undercrofts, underreacts, undertricks, ventricular.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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