What part of speech is current?

Current can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. current is a noun, singular of currents.
  • 2. current is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more current
    most current
  • Positive: current 
  • Comparative: more current
  • Superlative: most current

Adjective to adverb

What does current mean?

Definitions

Adjective

current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

Noun

current - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
current - a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
current - 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"

Examples of current

#   Sentence  
1. noun The raft floated downstream on the current.
2. noun The current was measured in amperes.
3. noun The current of history.
4. noun He blended belief systems such as Shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism, Paganism, Hermeticism and Gnosticism and imbued Coil's vast output with a magickal current designed to have a functionally transcendent effect on listeners.
5. noun We rowed up the river against the current.
6. noun Everyone of us will have to accept the current of the times.
7. noun The current of this river is rapid.
8. noun The current is rapid around here.
9. noun The current of traffic moved very slowly.
10. noun We couldn't row against the strong current.
11. noun We were rowing against the current.
12. noun Newspapers influence the current of time.
13. noun As the river become broader, the current moved slowly.
14. noun It has a big whirlpool and a strong current.
15. noun The drift of the current is to the south.
16. adj. Current events.
17. adj. The current topic.
18. adj. Current negotiations.
19. adj. Current psychoanalytic theories.
20. adj. The ship's current position.
21. adj. Texas Gov. George W. Bush is enduring sharp criticism for being unable to name the leaders of four current world hot spots, but President Bill Clinton says Bush "should, and probably will, pick up" those names.
22. adj. If it is hard to see how Baathist Iraq posed any real threat to Israel, it is not so difficult to see a menace in the current instability.
23. adj. Tamils feel that the proposed defense agreement between India and Sri Lanka would encourage Sinhala rulers to prepare for another war abandoning the current peace process.
24. adj. Kalkat, who currently chairs the independent US-based International Council on Conflict Resolution, said despite the failure of the Indian army to disarm or even subdue the Tigers, India remained the only power capable of influencing the course of the current peace talks.
25. adj. "Tamils feel that the proposed defense agreement between India and Sri Lanka would encourage Sinhala rulers to prepare for another war abandoning the current peace process," TNA member of parliament P Sithamparanathan was quoted as saying in a statement.
26. adj. The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say...
27. adj. These are the four main pillars of the current World Conflict, or perhaps we should already refer to it as "the undeclared World War III":
28. adj. *4. The fourth element of the current world conflict is the total breaking of all laws.*
29. adj. Brazil we have current data already.
30. adj. China we have current data already.
Sentence  
noun
The raft floated downstream on the current.
The current was measured in amperes.
The current of history.
He blended belief systems such as Shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism, Paganism, Hermeticism and Gnosticism and imbued Coil's vast output with a magickal current designed to have a functionally transcendent effect on listeners.
We rowed up the river against the current.
Everyone of us will have to accept the current of the times.
The current of this river is rapid.
The current is rapid around here.
The current of traffic moved very slowly.
We couldn't row against the strong current.
We were rowing against the current.
Newspapers influence the current of time.
As the river become broader, the current moved slowly.
It has a big whirlpool and a strong current.
The drift of the current is to the south.
adj.
Current events.
The current topic.
Current negotiations.
Current psychoanalytic theories.
The ship's current position.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush is enduring sharp criticism for being unable to name the leaders of four current world hot spots, but President Bill Clinton says Bush "should, and probably will, pick up" those names.
If it is hard to see how Baathist Iraq posed any real threat to Israel, it is not so difficult to see a menace in the current instability.
Tamils feel that the proposed defense agreement between India and Sri Lanka would encourage Sinhala rulers to prepare for another war abandoning the current peace process.
Kalkat, who currently chairs the independent US-based International Council on Conflict Resolution, said despite the failure of the Indian army to disarm or even subdue the Tigers, India remained the only power capable of influencing the course of the current peace talks.
"Tamils feel that the proposed defense agreement between India and Sri Lanka would encourage Sinhala rulers to prepare for another war abandoning the current peace process," TNA member of parliament P Sithamparanathan was quoted as saying in a statement.
The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say...
These are the four main pillars of the current World Conflict, or perhaps we should already refer to it as "the undeclared World War III":
*4. The fourth element of the current world conflict is the total breaking of all laws.*
Brazil we have current data already.
China we have current data already.

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