modern

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to the present time or recent times; not old.

   The building still looks very modern even though it is old.

2. 2
   adj

   Using the newest ideas, methods, or styles.

   Their offices are in a modern skyscraper full of new technology.

Common collocations

• modern kitchen Adjective + noun
• modern apartment Adjective + noun
• modern art Adjective + noun
• modern world Adjective + noun
• modern dance Adjective + noun

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.

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