modern
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,694 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,732 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages modern artmodern furniture
- relating to a recently developed fashion or style also: mod, modernistic their offices are in a modern skyscrapertables in modernistic designs
- characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
- ahead of the times also: advanced, forward-looking, innovative the advanced teaching methodshad advanced views on the subject
- used of a living language; being the current stage in its development also: New Modern EnglishNew Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
noun
- a contemporary person
- a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes also: modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font
modern in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His house down in Surrey is a museum of modern weapons--a regular armoury.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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The modern Marseilles, originally a Greek colony and a flourishing commercial centre. triremes.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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The opening of the Canal will be the most splendid pageant of modern times.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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He laughed to scorn all modern potations of wishy-washy French and Rhine wines--deeming them unfit for the palate of a true-born Englishman.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1