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Grep of noun modern modern modern ballet modern dance modern english modern era modern font modern greek modern hebrew modern jazz modern man modern times modern world modernisation modernism modernist modernity modernization modernness secondary modern school Overview of noun modern The noun modern has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) modern -- (a contemporary person) 2. modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font -- (a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes) Overview of adj modern The adj modern has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (62) modern -- (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric") 2. (6) mod, modern, modernistic -- (relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";) 3. (5) modern -- (characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture) 4. (3) advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern -- (ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?") 5. Modern, New -- ((linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew") Antonyms of adj modern 5 senses of modern Sense 1 modern (vs. nonmodern) nonmodern (vs. modern) => antebellum => horse-and-buggy => medieval, mediaeval, gothic => old-world => Victorian Sense 2 mod, modern, modernistic INDIRECT (VIA fashionable) -> unfashionable, unstylish, out of fashion Sense 3 modern INDIRECT (VIA nonclassical) -> classical Sense 4 advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern INDIRECT (VIA progressive) -> regressive Sense 5 Modern, New INDIRECT (VIA middle, late) -> early INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle Similarity of adj modern 5 senses of modern Sense 1 modern (vs. nonmodern) => contemporary, modern-day => neo => recent => ultramodern => Moderne Also See-> current#1; late#1; new#1 Sense 2 mod, modern, modernistic => fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish Sense 3 modern => nonclassical (vs. classical) Sense 4 advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern => progressive (vs. regressive) Sense 5 Modern, New => late (vs. early) (vs. middle) Attributes of adj modern 1 of 5 senses of modern Sense 1 modern (vs. nonmodern) => modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness Familiarity of adj modern modern used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj modern modern modern-day moderne modernised modernist modernistic modernized nonmodern postmodern ultramodern Overview of noun modern The noun modern has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) modern -- (a contemporary person) 2. modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font -- (a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes) Overview of adj modern The adj modern has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (62) modern -- (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric") 2. (6) mod, modern, modernistic -- (relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";) 3. (5) modern -- (characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture) 4. (3) advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern -- (ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?") 5. Modern, New -- ((linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew")
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