Modern meaning
The definition of modern is having to do with the current time.
An example of modern used as an adjective is a modern oven that has current features and technology.
adjective
Modern is defined as a style of art, design, or fashion that is very different from past styles.
An example of modern used as an adjective is the modern home design of a concrete home.
adjective
Of or relating to the period of history after the Middle Ages, from c. a.d. 1450 to the present day.
adjective
Current. The latest. Typically refers to the most recent model of hardware or version of software.
Someone who lives in modern times.
noun
One who lives in modern times.
noun
Designating the form of a language in its most recent stage of development.
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages.
Modern Italian; Modern Romance languages.
adjective
One who has modern ideas, standards, or beliefs.
noun
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Any of a variety of typefaces characterized by strongly contrasted heavy and thin parts.
noun
Of the present or recent times.
- Of or having to do with the latest styles, methods, or ideas; up-to-date.
- Designating or of certain contemporary trends and schools of art, music, literature, dance, etc.
- Designating or of any of various 20th-cent. styles of modernist art, furniture, architecture, etc.
adjective
A person living in modern times.
noun
A person having modern ideas, beliefs, standards, etc.
noun
A style of typeface characterized by heavy down strokes contrasting with narrow cross strokes.
noun
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Origin of modern
- 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 Wiktionary