Modern Definition

modern

English

Etymology

From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɒd(ə)n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑdɚn/

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Adjective

modern (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the current time and style.

   Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease.

   Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.

Synonyms

• contemporary

Antonyms

• dated
• old

Derived terms

• modern-day
• modernise, modernize verb
• modernity noun
• postmodern

Noun

modern (plural moderns)

1. Someone who lives in modern times.
   • 1956: Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did..., we must as historians make the attempt. — John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt, p. 144.

References

• modern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “modern” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: direction · o' · eight · #839: modern · medium · ill · eat

Anagrams

• nerdom
• normed

Catalan

Etymology

Latin modernus

Adjective

modern m. (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderns, feminine plural modernes)

1. modern

Derived terms

• modernitzar

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: [moˈdɛʁn]

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner, superlative am modernsten)

1. modern

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmoːdɐn]

Verb

modern

1. to rot, to molder

Conjugation

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

modern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)

1. modern; pertaining to current style

Declension

Related terms

• modernisera
• modernism
• modernistisk

Noun

modern

1. definite singular of moder
2. definite singular of mor

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