/ Dictionary / Index C current: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: cur•rent Pronunciation: (kûr'unt, kur'-), [key] — adj. passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current month. prevalent; customary: the current practice. popular; in vogue: current fashions. new; present; most recent: the current issue of a publication. publicly reported or known: a rumor that is current. passing from one to another; circulating, as a coin. running; flowing. genuine; authentic. —n. a flowing; flow, as of a river. something that flows, as a stream. a large portion of air, large body of water, etc., moving in a certain direction. the speed at which such flow moves; velocity of flow. See a course, as of time or events; the main course; the general tendency. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: current (Thesaurus) currency principle current account Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language