modern

A2 Topic:Culture & History

US /ˈmɑdɚn/ UK /ˈmɒd(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #2171

Meanings

1

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

The building still looks very modern even though it is old.
2

adj
Using the newest ideas, methods, or styles.

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

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to the present... contemporarypresent-day

2 adj · using the newest ideas,... up-to-date modernistic

More current present

Opposites

ancient dated former historical old old-fashioned pastpremodern

Word family

Forms modernermodernestmoderns

Derived forms antemodernantimodernmetamodernmodern-daymodernermodernisemodernishmodernismmodernistamodernistic modernity modernize

Related forms modernemodernismemodernus

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.

*med- Proto-Indo-European moderne Middle French modernus la-lat modo Latin

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# modern

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɑdɚn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɒd(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 2171

## Meanings
1. Relating to the present time or recent times; not old.
2. Using the newest ideas, methods, or styles.

## Examples
- The building still looks very modern even though it is old.
- Their offices are in a modern skyscraper full of new technology.

## Synonyms
- current
- present

## Antonyms
- ancient
- dated
- former
- historical
- old
- old-fashioned
- past
- premodern

## Derived Forms
- antemodern
- antimodern
- metamodern
- modern-day
- moderner
- modernise
- modernish
- modernism
- modernista
- modernistic
- modernity
- modernize

## Related Forms
- moderne
- modernisme
- modernus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *med-
- Root: moderne
- Root: modernus
- Root: modo

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Modern comes 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. In present-day English its meanings include relating to the present time or recent times; not old and using the newest ideas, methods, or styles. The historical chain runs through *med- (Proto-Indo-European), moderne (Middle French), modernus (Late Latin), and modo (Latin). Related and derived forms include moderne, modernisme, modernus, and antemodern.

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- Culture & History

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