modern
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Adjective 2 meanings
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.
Noun 1 meaning
Someone who lives in modern times.
Etymology
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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MODERN at a glance
MODERN has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (M 3 + O 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1 + N 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #871 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with modern
All rhymes- WESTERN10
- NORTHERN11
- SOUTHERN11
- EASTERN7
- CONCERN11
- PATTERN9
- STERN5
- NORTHWESTERN18
- GOVERN10
- INTERN6
- SOUTHEASTERN15
- NORTHEASTERN15
One letter away
- MODERS9
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