recency

ˈriːsənsi

recencies

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Definition of recency - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

immediate past

Rare

time just before the present

Rare

The recency of the event surprised everyone.

immediacy

nearness

recentness

cognitive bias

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preference for recent events or information

Rare

His decision was influenced by the recency of the information..

immediacy

recentness

newness

Rare

quality of being new or fresh

Rare

The recency of the news made it exciting.

freshness

newness

novelty

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Expressions with recency

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recency bias

tendency to give more importance to recent events or information

Recency bias made her forget earlier successes.

recency effect

tendency to remember last items in a list

The recency effect helps students remember the last few terms.

Origin of recency

Latin, recens (fresh, new)

Terms with recency included in their meaning

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just

adv.

recency

very recently, moments ago

younger

adj.

recency

more recent or newer in comparison

frecency

technology

heuristic combining frequency and recency for predictions

Examples of recency in a sentence

Due to the recency of the news, few were informed.
The recency of the event made it more memorable.
Recency can affect how we perceive news stories.
The recency of the fashion trend attracted attention.
Recency in technology often drives consumer interest.

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French:récence, actualité, ...
German:Aktualität, Aktualitätsbias, ...
Italian:immediatezza, pregiudizio di attualità, ...
Spanish:recencia, sesgo de actualidad, ...
Portuguese:recência, novidade, ...
Chinese:近期性, 近期性偏见, ...
Japanese:最近性, 最近性バイアス, ...
Arabic:حَدَاثَة العَهْد, تَحَيُّز الحَدَاثَة, ...
Hebrew:עָבָר קָרוֹב, קִרְבַת זְמַן, ...
Russian:недавность, предвзятость недавности, ...
Ukrainian:недавність, новизна, ...
Hindi:हालिया समय, हाल की प्राथमिकता, ...
Bengali:তাৎক্ষণিকতা, সাম্প্রতিকতা পক্ষপাত, ...
Catalan:recència, recència de la informació, ...
Czech:nedávnost, efekt novosti, ...
Danish:nylighed, aktualitetsbias, ...
Dutch:recentheid, nieuwheid, ...
Greek:πρόσφατη, πρόσφατη προκατάληψη, ...
Hungarian:közelmúlt, recenciahatás, ...
Khmer:ភាពថ្មីៗ, ទំនោរឲ្យចូលចិត្តព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ ឬព័ត៌មានថ្មីៗ, ...
Korean:최근성, 최신성, ...
Persian:نزدیکی, نوین بودن, ...
Polish:niedawność, świeżość, ...
Portuguese (BR):recência, novidade, ...
Romanian:recență, noutate, ...
Swedish:närhet, aktualitet, ...
Thai:ความใหม่, ...
Turkish:yakın zaman, yenilik, ...
Vietnamese:sự gần đây, sự mới mẻ, ...

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