Current and Former

Current

Current adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Usage example: current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago

Former is an antonym for current in next topic.

Nearby Words: currency, currently

Former

Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: the coach is a former professional baseball player

Current is an antonym for former in topics: past, previous, previous in time or order.

Nearby Word: formerly

Both words in one sentence

  • Alternately, one could say being a KND operative, current or former, is the competence zone.
  • By the finale of Strangers in Paradise, nearly every female character in the series except Francine turns out to be a current or former Parker Girl.
  • Manga / Ore-sama Teacher Most are also former or current delinquents who know how to use Good Old Fisticuffs.
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