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´ern|is´er — mod|ern|ise «MOD uhr nyz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. modernize. –mod´ern|is´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
mod´ern|iz´er — mod|ern|ize «MOD uhr nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make modern; bring up to present ways or standards: »Much expenditure has been incurred in extending, modernizing and improving the plants (Manchester Guardian). –v.i. to become modern.… … Useful english dictionary
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 … Useful english dictionary
Mod|ern|ism — «MOD uhr nihz uhm», noun. 1. modern attitudes or methods; sympathy with what is modern: »Modernism entered Japanese poetry with the wave of Western influence which began late in the 19th Century (Atlantic). 2. a tendency in religion to interpret… … Useful english dictionary
mod|ern|ism — «MOD uhr nihz uhm», noun. 1. modern attitudes or methods; sympathy with what is modern: »Modernism entered Japanese poetry with the wave of Western influence which began late in the 19th Century (Atlantic). 2. a tendency in religion to interpret… … Useful english dictionary
mod|ern|ise — «MOD uhr nyz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. modernize. –mod´ern|is´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
mod´ern|is´ti|cal|ly — mod|ern|is|tic «MOD uhr NIHS tihk», adjective. 1. a) having or suggesting a modern quality or appearance: »a modernistic building, a modernistic painting. b) = modern. (Cf. ↑modern) 2. having to do with modernism or modernists.… … Useful english dictionary
mod|ern|is|tic — «MOD uhr NIHS tihk», adjective. 1. a) having or suggesting a modern quality or appearance: »a modernistic building, a modernistic painting. b) = modern. (Cf. ↑modern) 2. having to do with modernism or modernists. –mod´ern|is´ti|cal|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
