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CURRENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does currently mean? 

CURRENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb CURRENTLY has 1 sense:

1. at this time or period; nowplay

  Familiarity information: CURRENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CURRENTLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

At this time or period; now

Synonyms:

currently; presently

Context example:

currently they live in Connecticut

Pertainym:

current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)


 Context examples 


Human BCPR wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 5p13.3 and the length of the gene is currently unknown.

(BCPR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A professional society of physicians who limit their practice to radiation oncology, physicians currently enrolled in a fellowship program and radiation oncology physicists in all types of practices.

(American College of Radiation Oncology, NCI Thesaurus)

Standard treatments are based on the results of scientific research and are currently accepted and widely used.

(Alternative medicine, NCI Dictionary)

Currently, the ADAM family has 29 membranes, although the function of most ADAM gene products is unknown.

(ADAM Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Human BRCA3 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 13q21 and the length of the gene is currently unknown.

(BRCA3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human BRCATA is located in the vicinity of 11q23 and the length is currently undetermined.

(BRCATA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The mammalian calpain gene family currently contains 13 distinct large subunit products most of which complex with one of two smaller 30kDa subunits.

(Calpain-1 Cell Spread Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Human BRCD2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of chromosome 1p36 and the length of the gene is currently unknown.

(BRCD2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human BRCD1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of chromosome 13 and the length of the gene is currently unknown.

(BRCD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Currently, the ADAM family has 29 members, although the function of most ADAM gene products is unknown.

(ADAM Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)



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