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How to pronounce modern in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mod, modernistic
Derivation modernity, modernness


their offices are in a modern skyscraper.
tables in modernistic designs.
Type Words
Synonyms new
Derivation modernness
Type Words
Synonyms advanced, forward-looking, innovative
Derivation modernity
Type Words
Synonyms bodoni, bodoni font, modern font
Type of proportional font
Type Words
Type of someone, soul, individual, mortal, person, somebody
Type Words
Derivation modernity


modern art.
modern furniture.
modern history.
totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric.
Type Words
Derivation modernness, modernity

Examples of modern

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In the background is a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.
From the timesunion.com
If correct, that would leave only three spots for 13 other modern-era finalists.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Chad Ochocinco could come off looking like some sort of modern-day Cesar Chavez.
From the heraldtribune.com
For starters, Blair should get real about what a modern leader can and can't do.
From the businessweek.com
Leasing begins for the EV1, the first fully modern electric car since the 1930s.
From the businessweek.com
He's a hard-charging good ol'boy who revolutionized the modern airline business.
From the businessweek.com
Federal investigators have likened abuses of farm workers to modern-day slavery.
From the online.wsj.com
Twentieth-century designers made modern teapots in angular or biomorphic shapes.
From the kansas.com
Marriage is an institution that predates the modern state by thousands of years.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • Belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
  • A contemporary person
  • A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
  • Mod: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
  • Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
  • Advanced: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
  • Modern is the sixth studio album by punk rock band Buzzcocks. It was released in 1999. It was arranged and produced by Tony Barber
  • Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.
  • Modern is Wolfgang Voigt's first release under the Gas alias. It is an EP, released in 1995 on the Profan label. Unlike Gas albums, the tracks are titled, and the release lacks the unifying forest theme present on nearly all other Gas releases.