mod.

1. moderate.

2. Music. moderato.

3. modern.

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abbrev

1. Moderate

2. Moderato (music)

3. (also Mod) modern

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mod¹ «mod», adjective, noun. Informal.

–adj.

very up-to-date and fashionable in style, as of clothes, makeup, music, and art; very stylish: »

Their eyes are also very much on the present. This gives the show a mod look (Dan Sullivan). Both appeared wearing…white shirts and mod ties (Don McDonagh). More often than not, the music that enhances these mod liturgies comes from an electric guitar pulsating to a rock beat (Time).

–n.

1. a person who is very stylish or up-to-date: »

From mod to teenybopper, all and sundry must see the error of our ways (Maclean's).

2. extremely modern or fashionable style: »

The look of “chic mod” she says she is trying to achieve... (New York Times).

╂[< Mod]

Mod or mod² «mod», noun.

British. one of a group of teen-agers of the 1960's affecting extreme neatness of appearance and a foppish liking for very fine or stylish clothes.

╂[< mod(ern)]

mod.,

1. moderate.

2. Music. moderato; in moderate time.

3. modern.

4. modulus.

MOD (no periods),

Ministry of Defence (in Great Britain).

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abbr.

■ moderate

■ Music moderato

■ modern

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mod.

abbreviation for modern, moderato.