Meaning

2 senses
  1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.

    Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.

    modern

    совреме́нныйsovreménnyj

    суча́снийsučásnyj

  2. Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

    совреме́нныйsovreménnyj

More definitions
  • characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
  • used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
  • belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
  • relating to a recently developed fashion or style

Examples

609 sentences
  1. I'm not interested in modern art.

    Сучасне мистецтво мене не цікавить. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ не интересуюсь современным искусством. — marafon

    deModerne Kunst interessiert mich nicht. — MUIRIEL

  2. I prefer modern furniture.

    Я віддаю перевагу сучасним меблям. — Anjy

    ruЯ предпочитаю современную мебель. — Selena777

  3. Tom likes modern poetry.

    Том любить сучасну поезію. — deniko

    ruТом любит современную поэзию. — marafon

  4. Her house is very modern.

    У неї дуже сучасний будинок. — deniko

    ruУ неё очень современный дом. — marafon

    deIhr Haus ist sehr modern. — MUIRIEL

  5. Do you like modern music?

    Тобі подобається сучасна музика? — deniko

    ruТебе нравится современная музыка? — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pertaining to the current time and style:
Русский
By meaning 1
pertaining to the current time and style:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pertaining to the current time and style:

Origin

From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), origin

From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

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Forms

moderner/more modern, modernest/most modern/modernmost

Synonyms

8 synonyms
pertaining to current or recent time:contemporaryB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

54 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • modern art
  • in modern art
  • interested in modern
  • like modern

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
modern — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto