adjective
current
KUR-uhnt/ˈkɜːrənt/
Happening, existing, or in use now.
She picks up the current issue beside the older newspapers.
Etymology
The pieces express “running,” the word’s original image. Applied to time, this became “now passing” or “in progress,” connecting movement with the modern sense of happening or existing now.
In context
So my research right now is going on discussing and researching on the roots of nationalism in Mexico in the form of the current government
More examples
- Please write your current address on the form.
- The current rules allow two guests per person.
- Our current project involves repairing the playground.
Forms
current
currently adverb — At the present time; right now.
Similar words
- present
- Emphasizes what exists now rather than earlier or later.
- ongoing
- Describes something continuing now, not merely existing or available.