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modern

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"Relating to current times"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɒd.ən/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted demnorStarts with MEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Relating to the present or recent times.

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

  • “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.”
  • “In fact, he had created the conditions for the great horror of modern times.”
  • “The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.”

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