Modern
/ˈmɒd(ə)n/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who lives in modern times.
"The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing."
- 2 a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes wordnet
- 3 a contemporary person wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
"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."
- 2 Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Adjective
- 1 characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture wordnet
- 2 used of a living language; being the current stage in its development wordnet
- 3 relating to a recently developed fashion or style wordnet
- 4 belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages wordnet
- 5 ahead of the times wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Modern travel enables us to go around the world in a few days."
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.