modern.
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Meaning & usage
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.
Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Where this word comes from
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.
Where this word comes from
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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