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| mod·ern [ móddərn ] |
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1. belonging to present day: relating or belonging to the present period in history
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2. of latest kind: of the latest, most advanced kind, or using the most advanced equipment and techniques available
  modern medicine
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3. using latest styles: relating to or using ideas and techniques that have only recently been developed or are still considered experimental
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4. linguistics of language's latest stage: relating to or belonging to the most recent stage in the development of a language
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noun (plural mod·erns) |
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1. modern person: somebody living in the present period, especially somebody whose tastes and attitudes are regarded as nontraditional or strikingly new
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2. printing typeface: a typeface with heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs
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| [Early 16th century. Directly or via French moderne< Latin modernus< modo "just now, in a (certain) manner" < modus "measure"] |
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| mod·ern·ly adverb |
| mod·ern·ness noun |
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