modern
Meaning
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- Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
- Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Synonyms
present day
Bodoni
Bodoni font
modern font
new-style
of recent origin
advocate of revival
person of modern times
new-age
most recent
of today
be civilized
Modern
up-dated
in the fashion
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mod‧ern
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɒd(ə)n/
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.
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