mod·ern (m d  rn)adj. 1. a. Of or relating to recent times or the present: modern history. b. Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date: a modern lifestyle; a modern way of thinking. 2. a. Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology: modern art; modern medicine. b. Avant-garde; experimental. 3. often Modern Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages: Modern Italian; Modern Romance languages. n. 1. One who lives in modern times. 2. One who has modern ideas, standards, or beliefs. 3. Printing Any of a variety of typefaces characterized by strongly contrasted heavy and thin parts. [French moderne, from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo, in a certain manner, just now, from mod  , ablative of modus, manner; see med- in Indo-European roots.]mod ern·ly adv.mod ern·ness n.Word History: The word modern, first recorded in 1585 in the sense "of present or recent times," has traveled through the centuries designating things that inevitably must become old-fashioned as the word itself goes on to the next modern thing. We have now invented the word postmodern, as if we could finally fix modern in time, but even postmodern (first recorded in 1949) will seem fusty in the end, perhaps sooner than modern will. Going back to Late Latin modernus, "modern," which is derived from Latin modo in the sense "just now," the English word modern (first recorded at the beginning of the 16th century) was not originally concerned with anything that could later be considered old-fashioned. It simply meant "being at this time, now existing," an obsolete sense today. In the later 16th century, however, we begin to see the word contrasted with the word ancient and also used of technology in a way that is clearly related to our own modern way of using the word. Modern was being applied specifically to what pertained to present times and also to what was new and not old-fashioned. Thus in the 19th and 20th centuries the word could be used to designate a movement in art, modernism, which is now being followed by postmodernism. |
modern
Adjective
1. of the present or a recent time; contemporary: there have been very few outbreaks of the disease in modern times
2. using the latest techniques, equipment, etc.; up-to-date: modern and efficient railways
3. of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, and music, esp. those of an experimental kind
Noun
a contemporary person [Late Latin modernus, from modus mode]
modernity n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | modern - a contemporary person |
| 2. | modern - a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widths old style, old style font - a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes | |
| Adj. | 1. | modern - belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric" current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" late - being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" nonmodern - not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time |
| 2. | modern - relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" | |
| 3. | modern - characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture nonclassical - not classical | |
| 4. | modern - ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" progressive - favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" | |
| 5. | Modern - used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" linguistics - the scientific study of language late - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" |
modern
adjective 2. up-to-date, latest, fresh, new, novel, with it (informal) up-to-the-minute, newfangled, neoteric (rare) << OPPOSITE old-fashioned
Translations
modern [ˈmɔdən] adj → moderno/a;
modern conveniences → comodità fpl moderne;
modern languages → lingue fpl moderne
adj modern [ˈmodən]
belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient modern furniture/clothes. modern عَصْري съвременен moderní moderne modern σύγχρονος, μοντέρνος moderno moodne نو moderni moderne מוֹדֶרנִי आधुनिक moderan modern modern nútíma- moderno 現代の 현대적인, 근대적인, 신식의 modernus, šiuolaikiškas, dabartinis moderns, mūsdienu- moden modern moderne, nyere współczesny, nowoczesny moderno modern современный moderný moderen savremen modern สมัยใหม่ modern 現代的 сучасний جدید hiện đại 现代的
n moˈdernity [-ˈdəː-]
modernheid عَصْرِيَّه съвременност modernost modernitet die Modernität η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. μοντέρνο(ς) modernidad tänapäevasus تجدد uudenaikaisuus modernité מוֹדֶרנִיוּת आधुनिकता modernost korszerűség kemodernan nÿtískuleiki; nútímaviðhorf/-hugsunarháttur modernità 현대성, 근대성 šiuolaikiškumas, naujoviškumas mūsdienīgums; jauninājums kemodenan modernitet modernitate современность modernosť modernost savremenost modern- itet, nymodighet ความทันสมัย modernlik, çağdaşlık 現代性 сучасність حداثت tính chất hiện đại 现代性
n modernness
moderniteit عَصْرِيَّه модерност modernost det at være moderne die Modernität η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. μοντέρνο(ς) modernidad modernsus تازگی modernius modernité מוֹדֶרנִיוּת आधुनिकता suvremenost modernség kemodernan nÿtískuleiki modernità 現代性 현대적임 šiuolaikiškumas, naujoviškumas mūsdienīgums bersifat moden modernheid det som er moderne nowoczesność modernidade modernitate современность modernosť modernost savremenost modernitet ความทันสมัย modernlik, çağdaşlık 現代 сучасність جدیدیت sự hiện đại 现代
v modernize, ˈmodernise
to bring up to date We should modernize the education system. moderniseer يُعَصِّر،يُحَدِّث обновявам (z)modernizovat modernisere modernisieren εκσυγχρονίζω modernizar tänapäevaseks muutma نوین کردن uudenaikaistaa moderniser לְחַדֵש आधुनिक बनाना modernizirati modernizál memodernkan færa til nútímahorfs modernizzare 近代化する 현대화되다, 현대화하다 (su)modernizuoti, moderninti modernizēt memodenkan moderniseren oppdatere, modernisere unowocześnić modernizar a moderniza модернизировать (z)modernizovať posodobiti modernizovati modern-isera ทำให้ทันสมัย modernleştirmek 使現代化 модернізувати تجدید کرنا hiện đại hóa 使现代化
n moderniˈzation, ˌmoderniˈsation
modernisering عَصْرَنَه، تَحْديث модернизация modernizace modernisering die Modernisierung εκσυγχρονισμός modernización nüüdisajastamine نو سازی ajanmukaistaminen modernisation מוֹדֶרנִיזַציָה आधुनिकीकरण modernizacija korszerűsítés modernisasi það að færa til nútímahorfs modernizzazione 近代化 현대화, 근대화 modernizacija modernizācija pemodenan modernisering oppdatering, modernisering modernizacja modernização modernizare модернизация modernizácia posodobitev modernizacija modernisering การทำให้ทันสมัย modernleştirme 現代化 модернізація جدید سازی sự hiện đại hóa 现代化
modern language
a language spoken nowadays (as opposed to ancient Greek, Latin etc). moderne taal لُغَه عَصْرِيَّه съвременен език živý jazyk moderne sprog lebende Sprache γλώσσα που έχει φυσικούς ομιλητές lengua moderna nüüdiskeel زبان uudet kielet langue vivante שָׂפוֹת מוֹדֶרנִיוּת आधुनिक भाषा suvremen jezik élő nyelv bahasa modern lifandi tungumál lingua moderna 現代語 현대어(현재 유럽에서 사용되는 언어 중 특히 프랑스어, 스페인어, 독일어를 가리킨다.) dabartinė/gyva kalba jaunā (mūsdienu) valoda bahasa moden moderne taal levende språk język współczesny línguas modernas limbă modernă новый язык živý jazyk živ jezik savremeni jezik modernt språk ภาษาที่ใช้พูดปัจจุบัน yaşayan dil 現代語言 нова мова حالیہ دور کی زبان ngôn ngữ hiện đại 近代语言
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