modern
of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary; not antiquated or obsolete: modern viewpoints.
of or relating to the historical period following the Middle Ages: modern European history.
of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility.
(initial capital letter) new (def. 12).
Typography. noting or descriptive of a font of numerals in which the body aligns on the baseline, as 1234567890. : Compare old style (def. 3).
a person of modern times.
a person whose views and tastes are modern.
Printing. a type style differentiated from old style by heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs.
Origin of modern
1synonym study For modern
Other words from modern
- mod·ern·ly, adverb
- mod·ern·ness, noun
- an·ti·mod·ern, adjective, noun
- an·ti·mod·ern·ly, adverb
- an·ti·mod·ern·ness, noun
- hy·per·mod·ern, adjective
- non·mod·ern, adjective, noun
- non·mod·ern·ly, adverb
- non·mod·ern·ness, noun
- pre·mod·ern, adjective
- pro·mod·ern, adjective
- pseu·do·mod·ern, adjective
- quasi-modern, adjective
- su·per·mod·ern, adjective
- un·mod·ern, adjective
Words Nearby modern
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use modern in a sentence
To modern workers everywhere,To modern workers everywhere,First came email.
In other words, Brady’s career is hiding not one but two of the top 20 quarterbacks in modern history inside of it!
All The Ways That Tom Brady Is Football’s GOAT | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 9, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWhile Zeta is entering the market as a tool for couples, Shekar sees the startup’s moonshot as being the go-to operational account for any modern household.
What should banking look like for modern couples? | Natasha Mascarenhas | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunchIt’s a timely notion as the modern world reckons with who gets to tell the stories of its diverse populations.
Natalie Haynes’s ‘A Thousand Ships’ brilliantly reframes the Trojan War | Carol Memmott | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostMeanwhile, Deuteronilus Mensae is home to modern-day glaciers, and exists between cratered highlands to the south and low plains to the north.
These might be the best places for future Mars colonists to look for ice | Neel Patel | February 8, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe number of dissenters though is unprecedented in the modern era.
Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup | Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“I got the weaver to use his craftsmanship on modern silhouettes we designed,” he said.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 29-Jan 4, 2014 | William Boot | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating | Ellie Schaack | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe east window in this church has been classed as the A1 of modern painted windows.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellThe pipe has a modern look and is altogether unlike those found by the English in use among the Indians in Virginia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.But don't go hunting after them, there are still modern Immortals in the darkness of a forgotten language.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsShe has embodied in her work a modern comprehension of old legends.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementAnd this college course I have sketched should, in the modern state, pass insensibly into adult mental activities.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
British Dictionary definitions for modern
/ (ˈmɒdən) /
of, involving, or befitting the present or a recent time; contemporary
of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind
belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present
a contemporary person
printing a type style that originated around the beginning of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by marked contrast between thick and thin strokes: Compare old face
Origin of modern
1Derived forms of modern
- modernly, adverb
- modernness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse