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# modern

«modern» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of the present time or recent times, not old** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (modern, more modern, most modern)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of the present time or recent times, not old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#m1)

2) Using the newest ideas, styles or machines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#m2)

3) (history) Of the period of history after the Middle Ages up to now (modern history). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history: ancient, medieval and modern times. In design and technology: modern buildings, modern art. In everyday life: modern phones, modern kitchens. Phrases: modern times, modern art, modern languages (school subject: French, Spanish and so on).

### examples

- Our school has a modern science lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x1)
- Modern phones can take amazing photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x2)
- In ancient times there were no cars; modern life is very different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x3)
- We study modern languages like French and German. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x4)
- The museum has paintings of modern art. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x5)
- Grandma thinks modern music is too loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x6)
- It occurs in Swift and in modern Italian folk-lore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/#x7)

### note

Comparative: more modern, most modern (not "moderner"). Opposite: old, ancient, old-fashioned. Verb: modernise / modernize. "Modern" in history can mean several hundred years ago, which surprises pupils.

### In the corpora

- [The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument; modern concert banduras have around 55 to 65 strings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/5/)
- [Modern elephant houses have deep sand and heated floors, because years on hard concrete hurt elephants' feet and joints.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/7/)
- [Modern hens can lay around three hundred eggs a year, while wild junglefowl lay only a few dozen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs/5/)
- [Early birds such as Hesperornis and Ichthyornis had teeth; modern birds lost their teeth and grew light beaks, which helps them fly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken/16/)
- [Not every gladiator fight ended in death, and the thumbs-up or thumbs-down sign may be a modern guess.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «modern» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modern/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.