modernness

mod·ern

M0362800 (mŏd′ərn)adj.1. a. Of or relating to recent times or the present: modern history.b. Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date: a modern lifestyle; a modern way of thinking.2. a. Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology: modern art; modern medicine.b. Avant-garde; experimental.3. often Modern Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages: Modern Italian; Modern Romance languages.n.1. One who lives in modern times.2. One who has modern ideas, standards, or beliefs.3. Printing Any of a variety of typefaces characterized by strongly contrasted heavy and thin parts.

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[French moderne, from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo, in a certain manner, just now, from modō, ablative of modus, manner; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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mod′ern·ly adv.mod′ern·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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modernness - the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernismcurrentness, up-to-dateness, currency - the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term"

Translations

现代

modern

(ˈmodən) adjective belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient. modern furniture/clothes. 現代的 现代的moˈdernity (-ˈdəː-) noun 現代性 现代性ˈmodernness noun 現代 现代ˈmodernize, ˈmodernise verb to bring up to date. We should modernize the education system. 現代化 使现代化ˌmoderniˈzation, ˌmoderniˈsation noun 現代化 现代化modern language a language spoken nowadays (as opposed to ancient Greek, Latin etc). 現代語言 近代语言