modern

mod·ern

M0362800 (mŏd′ərn)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.

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[French moderne, from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo, in a certain manner, just now, from modō, ablative of modus, manner; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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mod′ern·ly adv.mod′ern·ness n.

modern

(ˈmɒdən) adj1. of, involving, or befitting the present or a recent time; contemporary2. (Art Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind4. (Historical Terms) belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the Middle Ages to the presentn5. a contemporary person6. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a type style that originated around the beginning of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by marked contrast between thick and thin strokes. Compare old face[C16: from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from modō (adv) just recently, from modus mode] ˈmodernly adv ˈmodernness n

mod•ern

(ˈmɒd ərn)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to present and recent time. 2. characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary. 3. of or pertaining to the historical period following the Middle Ages. 4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility. 5. (cap.) new (def. 12). n. 6. a person of modern times. 7. a person whose views and tastes are modern. 8. Print. a type style differentiated from old style by heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs. [1490–1500; < Middle French moderne < Late Latin modernus= Latin mod(ō) lately, just now (derivative of modus mode¹) + -ernus adj. suffix of time] mod′ern•ly, adv. mod′ern•ness, n. syn: modern, recent, late apply to that which is near to or characteristic of the present time. modern, which is applied to those things that exist in the present age, sometimes has the connotation of up-to-date and, thus, good: modern ideas. That which is recent is separated from the present or the time of action by only a short interval; it is new, fresh, and novel: recent developments. late may mean nearest to the present moment: the late reports on the battle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	modern - a contemporary personindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	modern - a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokesBodoni font, modern font, Bodoniproportional font - any font whose different characters have different widthsold 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";mod, modernisticfashionable, 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 architecturenonclassical - 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?"forward-looking, innovative, advancedprogressive - 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"Newlinguistics - the scientific study of languagelate - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek"

modern

adjective1. current, present, contemporary, recent, late, present-day, latter-day the problem of materialism in modern society2. up-to-date, latest, fresh, new, novel, with it (informal), plugged-in (slang), up-to-the-minute, newfangled, neoteric (rare) a more tailored and modern style
up-to-date old, former, past, square (informal), ancient, old-fashioned, obsolete, archaic, antiquated, outmoded, passé, old hat, uncool (slang)

modern

adjective1. Of or relating to the present or times close to the present:latter-day, recent.2. Characteristic of recent times or informed of what is current:au courant, contemporary, current, mod, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute.nounA person of the present age:contemporary.

Translations

现代的

modern

(ˈmodən) adjective belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient. modern furniture/clothes. 現代的 现代的moˈdernity (-ˈdəː-) noun 現代性 现代性ˈmodernness noun 現代 现代ˈmodernize, ˈmodernise verb to bring up to date. We should modernize the education system. 現代化 使现代化ˌmoderniˈzation, ˌmoderniˈsation noun 現代化 现代化modern language a language spoken nowadays (as opposed to ancient Greek, Latin etc). 現代語言 近代语言

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