n.
Pronunciation: ' mä-d ə rn, ÷ ' mä-d( ə -)r ə n
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus measure ― more at METE
Date: 1585
1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past : CONTEMPORARY b : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time
2 : involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas : UP-TO-DATE
3 capitalized : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the present or most recent period of development of a language
4 : of or relating to modernism : MODERNIST
– mo · der · ni · ty \ m ə - ' d ə r-n ə -t ē , mä-, - ' der- \ noun
– mod · ern · ly \ ' mä-d ə rn-l ē \ adverb
– mod · ern · ness \ -d ə rn-n ə s \ noun