English to English
modern
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adjective (a)
- belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages(adj.all)Example:
Modern art.
Modern furniture.
Modern history.
Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric.
source: wordnet30 - Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a contemporary person(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- relating to a recently developed fashion or style(adj.all)Example:
Their offices are in a modern skyscraper.
Tables in modernistic designs.
source: wordnet30 - characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- used of a living language; being the current stage in its development(adj.all)Example:
Modern English.
source: wordnet30