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currently

/ˈkɜːəntli/KUR-uhnt-lee
/ˈkɝəntli/KUR-uhnt-lee

Meaningat the current time

Common meaning: at present

Other meanings: now

Journey through time

  1. Latincurrere‘to run’source
  2. Old Frenchcurantsource
  3. Middle Englishcurrantsource
  4. Englishcurrent‘present’
  5. Englishformed in English from currentcurrently‘at present’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from current + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CURRENT, p.148 · scan

Source words

  • currere Latin · source word “to run”

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