1. current - Noun
2. current - Adjective
3. Current - Proper noun
Running or moving rapidly.
Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTemptations come on some people for the cleansing of previous sins, on other for the beautification of their current perfection, and on yet others, as preparation for things to come, except temptations, which are for the increase of a man's faith and virtue, as it was with Job. Maximus the Confessor
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. Euripides
He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current. Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Time runs like the river current. Faroese Proverb
Counterfeit coin passes current at night. Portuguese Proverb
Sleeping shrimp gets taken by the current. Puerto Rican Proverb