Results for modern

Definitions of modern:

part of speech: noun

A person of the present time.

part of speech: adjective

Limited to the present or recent time: not ancient.

part of speech: adverb

MODERNLY.

part of speech: noun

Modernist.

part of speech: noun

One of modern times.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the present time; recent.

part of speech: adjective

Pert. to the present, or time not long past; late; recent; not ancient.

part of speech: noun

MODERNNESS.

part of speech: noun

One of modern times, as opposed to one of anc. Times.

part of speech: noun

One of modern times:- pl. the nations after the Greeks and Romans, who are called the ancients.

Usage examples for modern:

• The law of love is a far greater science than any modern science. "Autobiography of a YOGI", Paramhansa Yogananda

• Moreover, suppose there had been such a man, what a poor, modern creature he would be compared with me! "The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander", Frank R. Stockton

• Strange is the modern woman! "Marcella", Mrs. Humphry Ward

• She's a modern woman. "Andrew the Glad", Maria Thompson Daviess