modern
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈmɒdn/US /ˈmɑːdərn/
Meaning
adjective
of the present time or recent times
“the modern industrial world”
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“Modern computing traces back to the IBM System 360.”
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“A compromise was reached that, in retrospect, satisfied nobody, and I went up to study modern languages.”
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“They did ballet, they did tap, jazz; they did modern; they did contemporary.”
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