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Synonyms for modern


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mod-ern
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒd ərn

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Définition of modern

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj new, up-to-date
Example sentences :
  • The Athenian slave laws were much more mild than modern codes.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Deigma—A place in the Piræus, corresponding to the modern Exchange.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Even the village was too human, too modern, for his early-pagan mood.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • A modern example of the effects it is capable of is recorded by Tartini.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • In painting, we believe we possess a school second to none of modern art.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • For the most part this stand is taken by the intellectuals in all modern countries.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I was not working on what our modern idiom neatly summarises as "my own."
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Mammon is the word which the modern translator gives as gold.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • For the fanatic is one of the hinges which swing the door of the modern world.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • He felt that modern methods and the best usage might not have approved of the bag.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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