Current | Mean of current in English Dictionary

/ˈkɚrənt/

• happening or existing now
1. the current month
2. the magazine's current issue
3. The dictionary's current edition has 10,000 new words.
4. the current political crisis
5. By current [=present-day] standards, they were very young when they got married.
6. Who is your current employer?
7. current trends/fashions
8. current ideas about education
• aware of what is happening in a particular area of activity
1. As a teacher I have to stay current [=up-to-date] in my field, which is biology.
2. We need to keep current with the latest information.
• Noun
• a continuous movement of water or air in the same direction
1. Strong currents pulled the swimmer out to sea.
2. Air currents carried the balloon for miles.

• a flow of electricity
1. a strong/weak electrical current
2. The circuit supplies current to the saw.
• an idea, feeling, opinion, etc., that is shared by many or most of the people in a group
1. general currents in politics
2. intellectual currents
3. He is going against the current of public opinion.
4. There was a current of discontent within the company.