mod1 nounmod2 verb
modmod1, Mod /mɒd $ mɑːd/ noun [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Many were living in sixteenth and seventeenth century cottages with hardly any mod cons.
- Meeting It, Sue Small, Blackheath retired mod, got hooked on it.
- Money saved by not fitting the parts road bikes require has been spent on the race mods.
- The mods eventually split into two distinct groups.
- The mods had soul, the Motown sound and beat music.
- The general effect resembled the mods of 1964/65 with their preppy look.
- These styles can be seen in the pictures of mod rallies at seaside towns.
WORD SETS
borstal, nounbovver, noundropout, nounflower power, noungang, nounmod, nounpunk, nounpuppy love, nounrocker, nounsalad days, nounskinhead, nounsubculture, nounteen, adjectiveteenage, adjectiveteenager, nounteenybopper, nounwhippersnapper, nounyob, nounyoung, adjectiveyoungster, nounyouth club, nounyouth culture, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.
formal (=a small business, shop etc)· Mineo’s Pizza House is a modest but busy establishment just off the High Street.
(=an aim that is not too difficult to achieve)· Don’t try to lose a lot of weight quickly; set yourself a more modest goal.
(=small)· The figures reveal a modest increase in the birth rate.
For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.· The business managed to produce a small profit last year.
(=not very great)· On the foreign exchanges the pound managed a modest recovery from Thursday’s slump.
(=not a very big amount of money)· She had paid a modest sum for the paintings.
(=not very high)· The Kyoto Protocol set fairly modest targets for reductions in greenhouse gases.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
British English a member of a group of young people in Britain in the 1960s who wore a particular type of neat clothes, listened to soul music, and rode motor scooters- I have all mod cons and Mrs B. All I have to do is relax.
- Peugeot and Citroen countered that by providing diesel models decked out with all mod cons.
- The little Peugeot has all mod cons with power steering and an air bag.
- The property has many interesting features and all mod cons.
mod1 nounmod2 verb
modmod2 verb [transitive] informal COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.
formal (=a small business, shop etc)· Mineo’s Pizza House is a modest but busy establishment just off the High Street.
(=an aim that is not too difficult to achieve)· Don’t try to lose a lot of weight quickly; set yourself a more modest goal.
(=small)· The figures reveal a modest increase in the birth rate.
For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.· The business managed to produce a small profit last year.
(=not very great)· On the foreign exchanges the pound managed a modest recovery from Thursday’s slump.
(=not a very big amount of money)· She had paid a modest sum for the paintings.
(=not very high)· The Kyoto Protocol set fairly modest targets for reductions in greenhouse gases.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to change something, especially software—modding noun [uncountable]- I have all mod cons and Mrs B. All I have to do is relax.
- Peugeot and Citroen countered that by providing diesel models decked out with all mod cons.
- The little Peugeot has all mod cons with power steering and an air bag.
- The property has many interesting features and all mod cons.