Usually means: Current, relating to recent times.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word modern:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. modern: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. modern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. modern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. modern: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Modern, modern: Wordnik
  6. modern: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. modern: Wiktionary
  8. modern: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. modern: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. modern: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. modern: Dictionary.com
  12. modern: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. modern: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Modern (Amber Smith album), Modern (Buzzcocks album), Modern (EP), Modern (disambiguation), Modern (political party), Modern (typeface), Modern, The Modern (band), The Modern (building): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Modern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. modern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. modern: Rhymezone
  18. modern, modern, modern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. modern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. modern: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. modern: Free Dictionary
  22. modern: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. modern: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. modern: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. Modern, modern: Vocabulary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. modern: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)
  3. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modern: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modern: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modern: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modern: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See modernity as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
adjective:  (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
noun:  Someone who lives in modern times.

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