current

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

   “The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of electric current.
4. (South-Asia, broadly, countable, uncountable)Ellipsis of electric current.
5. (countable, uncountable)A tendency or a course of events.

adj

1. Existing or occurring at the moment.

   “current events”

   “current leaders”

   “current negotiations”

   “Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.”

2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.

   “current affairs”

   “current bills and coins”

   “current fashions”

   “That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.”

   “The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.”

3. (South-Asia)Electric; of or relating to electricity.

   “current bill”

   “current shock”

   “In April and May this year, the average daily current consumption dropped to 55 MU[…]Compared to household electricity charges, the current unit charge used by commercial companies is higher.[…]Electricity consumption is generally higher in summer as compared to monsoon and winter. The use of ACs will increase not only in homes but also in commercial establishments and current consumption will increase.”

4. (obsolete)Running or moving rapidly.

   “For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.”

name

1. A surname.