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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
modern/ˈmɒdn/
▶adjective relating to the present or recent times.
■ characterized by or using the most up-to-date techniques, equipment, etc.
■ denoting a recent style in art, architecture, etc. marked by a departure from traditional styles and values.
▶noun an advocate of a departure from traditional styles or values.– derivatives
modernity noun,
modernly adverb,
modernness noun.
modernity noun,
modernly adverb,
modernness noun.
– origin ME: from late L. modernus, from L. modo ‘just now’.
'modern' also found in these Oxford entries:
-a
- -a
- A & M
- ache
- advanced
- agenda
- aggravate
- ain't
- algebra
- alternative
- ancien régime
- Aramaean
- Assyrian
- asymmetrical warfare
- atrium
- Avar
- Aztec
- bank
- beat generation
- bony fish
- boule
- budget
- butoh
- caesura
- candid
- canvas
- Carolingian
- cavalry
- Celt
- ceroc
- chevalier
- chromogenic
- concrete jungle
- contemporary
- creodont
- Cro-Magnon
- crop
- data
- deaconess
- deaf mute
- deme
- demotic
- dice
- die
- discus
- Down's syndrome
- duel
- Egyptian
- enharmonic
- enormity
Forum discussions with the word(s) "modern" in the title:
....the more modern/the most modern...
...three times more slag than "occurs" in modern wrought iron.
(?) ...to sing more modern songs such as written by, for example, the Beatles
<As, While> modern flight testing is complex
"who" and "which" in Old and modern English
antique, period & modern
Anyone into early modern english?
Apparel (n): its usage in Modern English
believe that modern editions to be more readable
caught in a disintegrating tangle of modern concrete
complext modern soceity
Conjugation of Early Modern English Verb: imperatives
Conjugation of TO BE in Early Modern English
contemporary vs. modern
Early modern or modern?
Faculty/Course of Modern Letters
He belted the kids (modern AE?)
How modern is 'modern'?
I have tried to look at both pilgrimage in the Middle Ages and tourism in Modern Time in the attempt of finding similarities and drawing a parallel between these two phenomenon
in a modern sense
in modern times vs. in the modern time
It's time modern medicine should check//checked the spread
Life in the modern world is becoming more and more complex.
light and modern
Lonon-based modern art
made up by/ the modern engineering
modern acception
Modern catch phrases (popular quotations)
Modern english abbreviations
modern equivalent of "what what"
more...
...three times more slag than "occurs" in modern wrought iron.
(?) ...to sing more modern songs such as written by, for example, the Beatles
<As, While> modern flight testing is complex
"who" and "which" in Old and modern English
antique, period & modern
Anyone into early modern english?
Apparel (n): its usage in Modern English
believe that modern editions to be more readable
caught in a disintegrating tangle of modern concrete
complext modern soceity
Conjugation of Early Modern English Verb: imperatives
Conjugation of TO BE in Early Modern English
contemporary vs. modern
Early modern or modern?
Faculty/Course of Modern Letters
He belted the kids (modern AE?)
How modern is 'modern'?
I have tried to look at both pilgrimage in the Middle Ages and tourism in Modern Time in the attempt of finding similarities and drawing a parallel between these two phenomenon
in a modern sense
in modern times vs. in the modern time
It's time modern medicine should check//checked the spread
Life in the modern world is becoming more and more complex.
light and modern
Lonon-based modern art
made up by/ the modern engineering
modern acception
Modern catch phrases (popular quotations)
Modern english abbreviations
modern equivalent of "what what"
more...
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