mod´ern|ness

mod´ern|ness
mod|ern «MOD uhrn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of the present time; of times not long past: »

Color television is a modern invention. All modern American literature comes from one book…Huckleberry Finn (Ernest Hemingway).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under new. (Cf. ↑new)
2. up-to-date; not old-fashioned: »

modern views. The Justice…Full of wise saws and modern instances (Shakespeare).

–n.
1. a person of modern times: »

Some in ancient books delight; Others prefer what moderns write (Matthew Prior).

2. a person who has modern ideas and tastes.
3. Printing. any one of various styles of type, such as Bodoni, characterized by thin serifs and hairlines, heavy downstrokes, and greater symmetry and precision of cut.
╂[earlier, extant < Late Latin modernus < Latin modō just now; (originally) in a (certain) manner, ablative of modus measure, mode1]
–mod´ern|ly, adverb.
–mod´ern|ness, noun.
Mod|ern «MOD uhrn», adjective.
designating the form of a language now in use, in contrast to an earlier form; New: »

Modern Arabic.


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  • mod´ern|ly — mod|ern «MOD uhrn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of the present time; of times not long past: »Color television is a modern invention. All modern American literature comes from one book…Huckleberry Finn (Ernest Hemingway). SYNONYM(S): See syn. under …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mod|ern — «MOD uhrn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of the present time; of times not long past: »Color television is a modern invention. All modern American literature comes from one book…Huckleberry Finn (Ernest Hemingway). SYNONYM(S): See syn. under new.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mod|ern — «MOD uhrn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of the present time; of times not long past: »Color television is a modern invention. All modern American literature comes from one book…Huckleberry Finn (Ernest Hemingway). SYNONYM(S): See syn. under new.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mod — cy·mod·o·ce·a·ce·ae; de·mod·ed; ho·mod·ro·mal; ho·mod·ro·mous; ho·mod·ro·my; MOD; mod·acrylic; mod·al·ism; mod·al·ist; mod·el·er; mod·el·ist; mod·el·ize; mod·e·nese; mod·er·ant; mod·er·ant·ism; mod·er·ant·ist; mod·er·ate·ly; mod·er·ate·ness;… …   English syllables

  • ern — ad·a·ma·wa east·ern; cav·ern·ous; east·ern·er; east·ern·ism; east·ern·ize; east·ern·ly; east·ern·most; gov·ern; gov·ern·able; gov·ern·ance; gov·ern·ment; gov·ern·men·tal; gov·ern·men·tal·ism; gov·ern·men·tal·ist; gov·ern·men·tal·iza·tion;… …   English syllables

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • modernness — mod·ern·ness …   English syllables

  • modern — mod•ern [[t]ˈmɒd ərn[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to present and recent time 2) characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary 3) why of or pertaining to the historical period following the Middle Ages 4) mad lit. fia of, pertaining to …   From formal English to slang

  • Modernness — Mod ern*ness, n. The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

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