Modern
//ˈmɒd(ə)n//
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The word "modern" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.
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European early modern human Modern English Modern French Modern Greek Modern Hebrew Modern Japanese Modern Korean Modern Portuguese Modern Standard Arabic antemodern antimodern as modern as next week early modern late modern metamodern mid-century modern modern age modern algebra modern antique modern apprenticeship modern art modern as next week modern convenience modern dance modern era modern first modern girl modern greats modern history modern human modern jazz modern language modern pentathlon modern physics modern primitive modern ruin modern school modern sequence dancing modern studies modern synthesis modern times modern up modern-day moderner modernise modernish modernism modernista modernistic modernity modernize modernly modernness neomodern non-modern nonmodern overmodern post-modern postmodern postpostmodern premodern prepostmodern protomodern pseudomodern retro-modern secondary modern secondary modern school semimodern supermodern transmodern ultra-modern ultramodern unmodern
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adjective age architectural architectural style architecture art art galleries art period contemporary contemporary art contemporary current contemporary style current current day day days decor description developed era fashioned furniture futuristic galleries genre historiography history history period late latest modern period moderne modernisme modernus new new age new fashioned new futuristic new stuff new style new technology new thing new things new updated now now days period post present present day recent recently recently developed stuff style technology time time period timely today up up to updated
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