modern
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈmɒdn/US /ˈmɑːdərn/
Meaning
adjective
of the present time or recent times
“the modern industrial world”
Real video examples
From real subtitles in LingoTube lessons
“Modern computing traces back to the IBM System 360.”
📺 Jensen Huang's Speech at CaltechLearn this word in the video →
“A compromise was reached that, in retrospect, satisfied nobody, and I went up to study modern languages.”
📺 J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement SpeechLearn this word in the video →
“They did ballet, they did tap, jazz; they did modern; they did contemporary.”
📺 Do schools kill creativity?Learn this word in the video →
Appears in 4 lessons
Remember modern through real videos
Watch TED / YouTube close-reading lessons, tap any word, and review with built-in spaced repetition.
Start learning free →