modern
noun
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L324066 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- of a recent style or origin
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.ən/ / [ˈmɒd.n̩] / /ˈmɑ.dɚn/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.
- Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
“Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.”
“But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].”
- Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
noun
Etymology: From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.
- Someone who lives in modern times.
“The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.”
“What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]”