modern
pronunciation
How to pronounce modern in British English:
UK [ˈmɒdn]
How to pronounce modern in American English:
US [ˈmɑːdərn]
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- Noun:
- a contemporary person
- a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
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- Adjective:
- belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
- relating to a recently developed fashion or style
- characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
- ahead of the times
Word Origin
- modern
- modern: [16] Latin modus (source of English mode and model) meant ‘measure’. Its ablative form modō hence originally denoted ‘to the measure’, but it subsequently came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘just now’. And in postclassical times an adjective modernus was derived from it, signifying ‘of the present time’ – source, via French, of English modern. At first it was used strictly for ‘of the present moment’, but before the end of the 16th century the now familiar sense ‘of the present age’ had begun to emerge.=> mode, model
- modern (adj.)
- c. 1500, "now existing;" 1580s, "of or pertaining to present or recent times;" from Middle French moderne (15c.) and directly from Late Latin modernus "modern" (Priscian, Cassiodorus), from Latin modo "just now, in a (certain) manner," from modo (adv.) "to the measure," ablative of modus "manner, measure" (see mode (n.1)). Extended form modern-day attested from 1909. In Shakespeare, often with a sense of "every-day, ordinary, commonplace." Slang abbreviation mod first attested 1960. Modern art is from 1807 (by contrast to ancient); modern dance first attested 1912; first record of modern jazz is from 1954. Modern conveniences first recorded 1926.
- modern (n.)
- 1580s, "person of the present time" (contrasted to ancient, from modern (adj.). From 1897 as "one who is up to date."
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Example
- 1. Keynes hayek : the clash that defined modern economics
- 2. Its modern lines are tempered by steel that is allowed to rust and mellow with time .
- 3. The modern receipt is a sorry thing .
- 4. Modern communication makes car sharing easier , and information technology replaces metal bending as the most important competitive advantage .
- 5. That 's not the way a modern workforce is managed .