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Definition of Modern

Modern
Modern Mod"ern, n. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. --Pope.
Modern
Modern Mod"ern, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.] 1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. --Bacon. 2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. --Shak. Modern English. See the Note under English.

Meaning of Modern from wikipedia

- Modern may refer to: Modern history Early Modern period Late Modern period 18th century 19th century 20th century Contemporary history Moderns, a faction...
- The Modern could be The Modern (band), a British Electropop band formerly called Matinée Club The Modern, a twin tower complex in Fort Lee, New Jersey...
- The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions...
- Modern Hebrew or Israeli Hebrew (עברית חדשה, ʿivrít ḥadašá[h], [ivˈʁit χadaˈʃa] – "Modern Hebrew" or "New Hebrew"), generally referred to by speakers...
- Modern Times may refer to modern history. Modern Times may also refer to: Modern Times (film), a 1936 Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times (Al Stewart album)...
- Modern Family is an American television mockumentary family sitcom produced by 20th Century Fox Television and created for the American Broadcasting Company...
- Modern Marvels is an American worldwide television series that formerly aired on the History Channel. The program focuses on how technologies affect and...
- Modern Gr**** (Νέα Ελληνικά néa elliniká or Νεοελληνική Γλώσσα neoellinikí glóssa) is the form of the Gr**** language spoken in the modern era. The end of...
- Modern primitives or urban primitives are people in developed and culturally altered post-colonial nations who engage in body modification rituals and...
- Modern history, the modern period or the modern era, is the linear, global, historiographical approach to the time frame after post-cl****ical history...
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