current

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a flow of electricity through a conductor
  2. noun a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
  3. noun dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

Etymology

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

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Synonyms

electric current

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