modern
of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary; not antiquated or obsolete: modern viewpoints.
of or relating to the historical period following the Middle Ages: modern European history.
of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility.
(initial capital letter) new (def. 12).
Typography. noting or descriptive of a font of numerals in which the body aligns on the baseline, as 1234567890. : Compare old style (def. 3).
a person of modern times.
a person whose views and tastes are modern.
Printing. a type style differentiated from old style by heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs.
Origin of modern
1synonym study For modern
Other words from modern
- mod·ern·ly, adverb
- mod·ern·ness, noun
- an·ti·mod·ern, adjective, noun
- an·ti·mod·ern·ly, adverb
- an·ti·mod·ern·ness, noun
- hy·per·mod·ern, adjective
- non·mod·ern, adjective, noun
- non·mod·ern·ly, adverb
- non·mod·ern·ness, noun
- pre·mod·ern, adjective
- pro·mod·ern, adjective
- pseu·do·mod·ern, adjective
- quasi-modern, adjective
- su·per·mod·ern, adjective
- un·mod·ern, adjective
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How to use modern in a sentence
Overall, the data cover roughly 92 percent of all modern bird families.
Hundreds of new genomes help fill the bird ‘tree of life’ | Jake Buehler | November 17, 2020 | Science NewsAt the time, Mirantis CEO Adrian Ionel told me that the company wants to offer enterprises the tools to quickly build modern applications.
Mirantis brings extensions to its Lens Kubernetes IDE, launches a new Kubernetes distro | Frederic Lardinois | November 12, 2020 | TechCrunchI think actually we don’t have to just even think about the modern world.
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 12, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe settlement brings a sense of camaraderie the series has done well in the past, just like modern day’s Rebecca, Desmond, Lucy and Shaun who worked together in their united cause to take down the templars.
‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’ impressions: Rekindling the spirit of the series | Elise Favis | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostPerhaps Sunday’s 23-20 defeat would be the perfect time for Washington Coach Ron Rivera to end this farce of trying to win what might be the most hapless division in modern NFL history and focus on next year and beyond.
Another tough loss has Washington at 2-6, but it’s too soon to give up on its NFC East hopes | Les Carpenter | November 8, 2020 | Washington Post
Modernly the name seemed briefly to suggest some one who made a lot of money out of nothing but audacity.
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon WilsonMinga's tone somehow had nothing that could be modernly recognized as rudeness.
Under the Law | Edwina Stanton BabcockFollow the fragile, venturesome forms of our delicate, modernly dressed ladies to the ball room.
A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing | John F. MesickBut the schools and University of Copenhagen are modernly equipped.
Through Scandinavia to Moscow | William Seymour EdwardsPalm-oil has brought them luxurious homes, modernly furnished.
Stanley in Africa | James P. Boyd
British Dictionary definitions for modern
/ (ˈmɒdən) /
of, involving, or befitting the present or a recent time; contemporary
of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind
belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present
a contemporary person
printing a type style that originated around the beginning of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by marked contrast between thick and thin strokes: Compare old face
Origin of modern
1Derived forms of modern
- modernly, adverb
- modernness, noun
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