Modern Definition
mŏdərn
moderns
adjective
Of the present or recent times.
Webster's New World
Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date.
A modern lifestyle; a modern way of thinking.
American Heritage
Of or relating to the period of history after the Middle Ages, from c. a.d. 1450 to the present day.
Webster's New World
Designating the form of a language in its most recent stage of development.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology.
Modern art; modern medicine.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
moderns
A person living in modern times.
Webster's New World
A person having modern ideas, beliefs, standards, etc.
Webster's New World
A style of typeface characterized by heavy down strokes contrasting with narrow cross strokes.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Bodoni font
- bodoni
- modern font
- topicality
- neoteric
- modernness
- modernity
- contemporary
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Modern
Noun
Singular:
modern
Plural:
modernsOrigin of Modern
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French moderne from Old French from Late Latin modernus from Latin modo in a certain manner, just now from modō ablative of modus manner med- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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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.
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