modern
78
3.2
- adjective
- /ˈmɒdərn/
- Specialized
:
moderno
- I couldn't imagine that my daughter could grow up to be emotionally healthy and fulfilled given our modern culture.
- modern English
- modern languages
- translated into modern English
What is it similar to in in more modern languages?
- What is it similar to in in more modern languages?
- I I retranslate Kingdom of Heaven into modern terminology.
- I'll try and interpret this for you in modern terms.
- And it's associated to narcissism in in modern terminology.
- It doesn't have integers, strings, double s and whatever, you know, modern programming language types.
- I'll just put into slightly more modern English.
Examples
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The article discussed the evolution of English, emphasizing modern influences on vocabulary.
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I'll try and interpret this for you in modern terms.
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Beauty products is the modern term.
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My english teacher thinks it's a highly important form of modern poetry.
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So you have in fact covered the foundations of modern biology.
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It feels relatively quick, but by modern standards, it's not like a scorcher.
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Fourteen years later, I flew to Brisbane, Australia, for a conference on modern literature.
Fiction book (2000) -
The purpose of the class is to educate priests and, of course, laypeople, about the Devil's presence in their lives, in modern society.
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Modern science tells us that people are by nature lawbreakers or law abiders.
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As an engineer for Northrop Grumman, Burton Dicht made significant contributions to the development of modern fighter aircraft.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Happening now at this time
∞
1.0
Of the modern form of a language, not the old one
219
4.2
Belonging to the present time, often showing modern ideas
89
3.0
Happening in the time we live in
46
3.2
Happening now, not in the past
1
9.3
New and modern in style
Antonyms
Compounds
21
3.3
Works made since the late 1800s that break traditional styles and use new ideas and techniques
3
3.6
A style of jazz with complex chords and rhythms where musicians make up music as they play
2
3.6
A style with clean lines, little decoration, open spaces, and materials like glass and metal
1
5.5
The standard form of Hebrew used in Israel today, brought back from ancient Hebrew
A bathroom device that cleans your private parts with water and often has a warm seat and dryer
- Specialized
Letters that have small thin lines at the ends and strong vertical strokes, looking elegant
A person who plants many trees and encourages others to plant trees too
The form of Hebrew spoken and written in Israel today, brought back from ancient Hebrew
- Specialized
Current ways of treating mental health problems that use new science and methods
- Literature
A person who creates or alters living things in risky, shocking ways
- Literature
A machine or system made from mismatched parts that becomes dangerous and hard to control
- Offensive
A change where society becomes softer and less strict about people's behaviour
- Archaic
A former British school teaching mainly practical and job skills instead of academic subjects
How Modern
73
4.9
49
5.6
93
3.1
- Specialized
78
3.2
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Modern (as in Modern English or Modern Greek) comes from Latin modernus and the root modo meaning 'just now', so it names the current form of a language. In other words, Modern language is the way people speak and write today, not the old form.