Main Entry:: ¹mod·ern
Pronunciation:: \ˈmä-dərn, ÷ˈmä-d(ə-)rən\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus measure — more at mete
Date:: 1585

1 a: of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past : contemporary b: of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time2: involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas : up-to-date3capitalized : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the present or most recent period of development of a language4: of or relating to modernism : modernist

— mo·der·ni·ty

\mə-ˈdər-nə-tē, mä-, -ˈder-\ noun

— mod·ern·ly

\ˈmä-dərn-lē\ adverb

— mod·ern·ness

\-dərn-nəs\ noun

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