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modern meaning

EN[ˈmɒd(ə)n] [ˈmɑdɚn]
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  • Modern may refer to:
  • in history
  • Modern history
  • Early Modern period
  • Late Modern period
  • 18th century
  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • Contemporary history
  • Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
  • in philosophy and sociology
  • Modernity, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies
  • Late modernity
  • in art
  • Modernism
  • Modernist poetry
  • Modern art, a form of art
  • Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century

    Definition of modern in English Dictionary

  • NounPLmodernsSUF-ern
    1. Someone who lives in modern times.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmodernerCOMmore modernSUPmodernestSUPmost modern
      1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
        1. 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. (historical) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
      3. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • 2006, Christopher Baum, An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata, iv. 104
          • Furniss pointed out that in 1972, a year before Lycra skinsuits replaced nylon-skirted suits to spark the first swimwear revolution of the modern era, there were 53 world records set.
          • Fluvial sediment transport may further deliver the modern organic carbon to the seabed via hyperpycnal flow, resulting in long-term sequestration of modern organic carbon [10 ,30 ,51 ].
        2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
          • Modern medicine effectively provides the body with an adaptation, which ultimately deadapts the body and creates dependence on further therapy.
          • Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
          • Modern Gymnarchus have teeth that vary in shape from incisiform at the symphysis to caniniform distally on the jaw.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Nouns
            • Countable nouns
          Related Links:
          1. en modernity
          2. en modernize
          3. en modernization
          4. en modernism
          5. en modernist
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of modern for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "modern" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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