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Modern English

American  

noun

  1. the English language since c1475.


Modern English British  

noun

  1. the English language since about 1450, esp any of the standard forms developed from the S East Midland dialect of Middle English See also English Middle English Old English

"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

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"It's going to be I Melt with You by Modern English," Rodrigo says, humming the intro.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

It’s got Old English on one side and Modern English on the other, you should check it out.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2023

In your best Early Modern English: Bid us, what wast the most wondrous parteth of making “The Tragedy of Macbeth”?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2022

According to "Fowler's Modern English Usage," there should be, in this case, no comma after "Militia" because what we see in the amendment is an instance of something called "absolute construction."

From Salon Oct. 25, 2020

Specimens of Anglo-Saxon, and the same literally translated into Modern English.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

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