Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - current

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English curraunt, from Anglo-French corant, present participle of cure, courre to run, from Latin currere — more at car  Date: 14th century  1.  a. archaic running, flowing  b.  (1) presently elapsing the ~ year  (2) occurring in or existing at the present time the ~ crisis  (3) most recent the magazine's ~ issue  2. used as a medium of exchange  3. generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment ~ fashions  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun  II. noun  Date: 14th century  1.  a. the part of a fluid body (as air or water) moving continuously in a certain direction  b. the swiftest part of a stream  c. a tidal or nontidal movement of lake or ocean water  d. flow marked by force or strength  2.  a. a tendency or course of events that is usually the result of an interplay of forces ~s of public opinion  b. a prevailing mood ; strain  3. a flow of electric charge; also the rate of such flow  Synonyms: see tendency