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mod‧ern S1 W1 /ˈmɒdn $ ˈmɑːdərn/ adjective [Word Family: noun: modernity, modernization, modernism, modernist, modernity, modernizer, modernization; adjective: modern, modernist, modernistic; verb: modernize] [date : 1500-1600; Language : Late Latin; Origin : modernus, from Latin modo 'just now', from modus; ⇨ mode] 1. [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] belonging to the present time or most recent time SYN contemporary: ▪ Such companies must change if they are to compete in the modern world. ▪ They are the youngest children in modern times to face murder charges. ▪ Smaller families are a feature of modern society. ▪ Computers are an essential part of modern life. ▪ a book about modern history ▪ The original supermarkets were small by modern standards. Modern Greek/Hebrew etc (=the form of the language used today)
2. made or done using the most recent designs or methods SYN up-to-date: ▪ A lot of progress has been made with the use of modern technology. ▪ advances in modern medicine ▪ modern surgical techniques
3. [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] modern art, music, literature etc uses styles that have been recently developed and are very different from traditional styles SYN contemporary: ▪ an exhibition of modern art ▪ modern dance
4. having very recent attitudes or ways of behaving SYN progressive OPP traditional: ▪ The school is very modern in its approach to sex education. ⇨ secondary modern • • • COLLOCATIONS nouns ▪the modern world ▪ The island has hardly been affected by the modern world. ▪modern society ▪ In modern society, elderly relatives rarely live with their children. ▪modern times ▪ It was one of the greatest disasters of modern times. ▪the modern age/era/period (=now, rather than in the past) ▪ In the modern age, television is the main means of mass communication. ▪modern life ▪ These problems are a major part of modern life. ▪modern man (=people today) ▪ Modern man gets much less exercise in his daily life than his ancestors. ▪modern history British English (=recent history, as a subject of study) ▪ a degree in modern history ▪modern languages British English (=languages that are spoken today, as a subject of study) ▪ French, German and other modern languages ▪the modern equivalent of something (=something with the same importance or purpose as something from the past) ▪ In their own minds they are the modern equivalent of highwaymen. • • • THESAURUS ▪modern something that is modern uses the most recent designs or methods : ▪ The house looks very modern. ▪ the city’s modern public transportation system ▪the latest [ONLY BEFORE NOUN]the newest that is available : ▪ The camera uses the latest digital technology. ▪ the very latest mobile phones ▪ the latest news ▪up-to-date using the most modern technology, ideas, information etc : ▪ The hospital has the most up-to-date equipment in the country. ▪newfangled [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] informal modern – used when you disapprove of something and do not think it as good as the things that existed before : ▪ He doesn’t believe in these new-fangled gadgets. ▪high-tech, hi-tech using very advanced technology, especially electronic equipment and computers : ▪ Modern tractors are full of high-tech equipment, including GPS systems. ▪ It’s all very hi-tech. ▪state-of-the-art using the newest and most advanced features, ideas, and materials that are available : ▪ state-of-the-art technology ▪ a state-of-the-art home entertainment system ▪ The brand new arts centre is state-of-the-art. COLLOCATIONS CHECK ▪the latest technology/equipment/news ▪up-to-date equipment/information/book/map ▪new-fangled device/contraption/gadget ▪high-tech industry/company/equipment ▪state-of-the-art technology/equipment
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a modern myth ▪ Is it a modern myth that we are living in a classless society? all-time/modern/design etc classic ▪ The play has become an American classic. an advanced/modern society ▪ The Greeks formed the first advanced societies in the West. ▪ This kind of hatred and violence have no place in a modern society like ours. be too bright/modern etc for sb’s taste ▪ The building was too modern for my taste. by modern standards/today’s standards ▪ The technology was crude by modern standards. modern civilization ▪ Technology is one of the benefits of modern civilization. modern conveniences ▪ a hotel with all the modern conveniences modern culture ▪ Computers are a part of modern culture. modern industry ▪ Modern industry needs to be in places where there are good transport links. modern language ▪ a degree in modern languages modern languages (=languages that are spoken now) ▪ The school has a good modern languages department. modern medicine (=medicine based on science) ▪ Thanks to modern medicine, these babies will survive. modern methods (=methods used now, but not in the past) ▪ Modern methods of solving crime depend a lot on forensic evidence. modern pentathlon modern techniques ▪ Archaeologists now use modern techniques such as aerial photography. modern ▪ Many people were against such a modern design in the old city centre. modern/classical/medieval etc architecture modern/contemporary poetry ▪ She finds modern poetry difficult. new/modern technology ▪ People have no faith in new technology. new/modern/up-to-date ▪ The factory has some of the most up-to-date equipment available. prehistoric/stone-age/modern man (=people who lived at a particular stage of human development) recent/modern/contemporary history ▪ The country’s recent history is powerfully told in this film. secondary modern the modern age (=from the 20th century until the present) ▪ the technical and scientific achievements that ushered in the modern age the modern obsession with sth ▪ the modern obsession with celebrities' lives the modern/modern-day equivalent (of sth) ▪ Horror films are the modern-day equivalent of morality tales. the modern/post-war/Victorian etc era ▪ a collection of romantic paintings from the Victorian era traditional/modern style ▪ The rooms are furnished in a modern style. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB more ▪ It is interested in MIG-31 high-altitude interceptors, more modern submarines and help in building aircraft carriers. ▪ A more modern one is the prohibition of lotteries. ▪ Ballantyne's style is old fashioned and Golding's is more modern and up to date. ▪ Much more modern than anything else in the street, they were well designed and built in glossy red brick. ▪ It will be given a sleeker, more modern look-again following the lead set by the latest R1150R. ▪ Certainly, more modern uses of the survey method have disregarded some of the rather naive methodological assumptions of the early surveys. ▪ The Kozloduy complex also includes two more modern 1,000-megawatt units. most ▪ On Broadway they appreciated the benefits of the most modern theatres in the world. ▪ Those with the most modern gear can land in zero visibility. ▪ A modern ship with the most modern communications. ▪ According to the most modern idea, a real myth has nothing to do with religion. ▪ All metals are monitored during alloying and before despatch, using the most modern analytical equipment in their own laboratory. ▪ In fact, our fleet is known to be the youngest and most modern of any major airline in the world. ▪ This is within reach of most modern multimedia computers, but that power may not be available on older machines. NOUN age ▪ Like football managers, conductors are a phenomenon of the modern age. ▪ From this demotion, the modern age came to feel severed from cosmology as no other culture had ever felt before. ▪ I don't think he's equipped for the modern age, quite frankly. ▪ Over time, his story became emblematic of the spirit of the modern age. ▪ And beyond these individuals, it raises the possibility of a Republican Party, tolerant and moderate, for the modern age. ▪ From all this intellectual turbulence the modern age was born. ▪ A society is being reborn, but one which does not articulate itself in the media of the modern age. ▪ Was our modern age of triumph destined from the start to be tinged with despair? architecture ▪ Between the wars the idea of modern architecture was a heroic adventure which could actually improve man's condition. ▪ Now, thanks to modern architecture and a porous defense, neither is a problem. ▪ The austerity and uniformity of much modern architecture made sculpture superfluous. ▪ Contrary to one of the fantasies of modern architecture, brick and masonry buildings are far more flexible than concrete, steel-framed ones. ▪ The current architectural debate has served to polarise popular opinion on modern architecture. ▪ Why then should anyone want to conserve examples of modern architecture? ▪ But here, similarly, Ancient architecture is humanist and modern architecture structuralist. ▪ Charles's attacks on modern architecture made him a hero of the silent majority. art ▪ Tamayo's insistence on using new materials to construct his prints is very much part of a long tradition in modern art. ▪ Movies are the modern art form. ▪ The primacy of the female nude as a motif of modern art, from Courbet to Kruger, is examined. ▪ I asked why the history of modern art was structured in one way, along one mute, and not others? ▪ What do you consider to have been Matisse's most important contribution to modern art? ▪ My blood dripped on the ring floor and turned instantly black, merging with the modern art collage of other stains. ▪ And when they pick apart the history of modern art, they attack modern art's most powerful institution. ▪ It is these that modern art, and science, is seeking. culture ▪ Distinction does not provide a theory of either consumption or material culture as the form of modern culture. ▪ For the civic culture is not a modern culture, but one that combines modernity with tradition. ▪ Steiner and Sontag are in a sense correct about the centrality of homosexuality to modern culture. ▪ Up to the present day, modern culture has been almost totally Alexandrian. ▪ But modern culture is now proving to be vulnerable on two counts, one social, one intellectual. ▪ Such inroads as modern culture made into the village tended to fortify this conviction. ▪ In addition, use will be made of a series of articles concerning the nature of modern culture. ▪ However, it is foolish to live with the denial of death, as modern culture tends to do. dance ▪ From a child she had taken ballet and modern dance lessons and was naturally drawn to Medau after seeing a lecture demonstration. ▪ At one point Ronald was chasing me and I was pulling out all my modern dance technique. ▪ Among their routines as they trip the light fantastic at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington are the old time and modern dances. ▪ The fact that all the acts are the same couple of blokes is just the way it is in modern dance. ▪ Now Alvin set about creating in earnest his groundbreaking modern dance repertory company. ▪ He was more comfortable with the straight forward physicality of another kind of modern dance that Crumb showed him. day ▪ I have already mentioned the influence of Barth in the modern day. ▪ A modern day Gothic of such purity that it is almost a parody. ▪ The 68K4 ... a modern day black beauty. ▪ He shows the impact of history on his modern day characters. ▪ They wanted to present a collage of what they had discovered in the format of a modern day local radio programme. ▪ A modern day off-shoot of it. ▪ The recipes though are the result of modern day trial and very lucky errors. ▪ In a modern day Sleeping Beauty, set in New York, he wakes a medieval princess with a kiss. era ▪ Here, then, at the opening of the modern era, we have a quite well developed doctrine of popular sovereignty. ▪ I prefer a rendezvous without any reminders of the modern era at all, but there can be some leeway. ▪ And, in this modern era, the squad sessions are not restricted to instruction on technique. ▪ In a sense, the modern era of fusion research dates from that measurement in 1969. ▪ Carl Lewis of the modern era has won eight. ▪ In the modern era, players of their calibre would surely have followed the professional trail. ▪ In the modern era, most families must send both parents into the workforce to make ends meet. history ▪ He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he obtained a second class in modern history in 1911. ▪ Equally ironic was the fact that four years earlier Johnson had won the biggest percentage of the popular vote in modern history. ▪ The modern history of the Catholic Church has been immensely affected by that chain of events. ▪ And in 1951 Great Britain, for the first time in modern history, made leprosy a reportable disease. ▪ Early modern history: Political, economic and social history and the history of science. ▪ The United States is the most peaceful, least warlike nation in modern history. ▪ The rest is miserable modern history. ▪ This may have been the first time in modern history that a painting incited people to such public agitation. language ▪ Our modern language and our modern writing have grown out of the language and literature of the past. ▪ This word, which was originally borrowed from a Celtic language, has been lost in the modern language. ▪ The now voluminous literature on modernism and postmodernism has been dominated by philosophers and modern language theorists and historians of architecture. ▪ The last group was used in secondary schools and in the modern language institute in Tunis. ▪ Parents and teachers are largely in agreement in terms of supporting the most recent developments in modern languages in schools. ▪ And the importance of modern language teaching will be very much greater. ▪ The Nuffield modern languages survey has not yet reported and the only available account is an interim report from 1985. life ▪ The hustle and bustle of modern life occurs in the shadow of history. ▪ Freund is likewise recognized for his fascinating revelations on modern life using juxtapositions of subliminally connected images. ▪ Though these problems are a characteristic feature of modern life, they have been with us for a very long time. ▪ Singles may be peripheral in a sense; but their experience is central to the enigmas of modern life. ▪ These arguments provide the foundation for Simmel's account of the contradictory nature of modern life. ▪ Visitors know we made concessions to modern life. ▪ We think of the desert of modern life with the concentration on material possessions and its resultant poverty. ▪ All concerns about modern life were supposedly resolved by National Socialism. man ▪ But it feels that the modern men have expanded comics, made them somehow more artistic. ▪ The only sign of modern man from horizon to horizon is the road we followed in. ▪ In these and other ways the implicatures of the title are developed, suggesting connections between modern man and the Neanderthalers. ▪ One can write about the past, but from the point of view of a modern man. ▪ A high regard for ivory has been part of the human heritage since the first appearance of modern man. ▪ Who could blame modern woman if she yearns for something more civilized than modern man? ▪ I still don't enjoy going to the dentist but I have to admit that the modern men are wonderful. ▪ Now suddenly I understood the tragedy of modern man. medicine ▪ The concerns of older people about their future health care probably reflect beliefs about modern medicine and priorities within the medical profession. ▪ Underscoring this notion is the fact that other diseases continue to go unnoticed under the very nose of modern medicine. ▪ In a way, though, that limited him and made him out of touch with modern medicine. ▪ However, it was found in nearly all those cancer patients whom modern medicine could not help. ▪ The clinical application of devices or materials which contact blood is of major importance in modern medicine. ▪ Similarly, the rise of modern medicine developed at the expense of midwives and village healers, most of whom were women. ▪ Are these rules unsuited to modern medicine? ▪ Of enormous importance, Holmes: all the hopes of modern medicine depend upon it. period ▪ It becomes a term whose reference is linguistic and whose meaning is not determined by the phenomenon of the early modern period. ▪ The gradual assimilation of oppositional art into institutional orthodoxy represents one of the failed utopias of the modern period. ▪ This construction of the artist as hero is a primary marker of the modern period. ▪ It rapidly became a staple, and has remained the major crop throughout the modern period. ▪ The modern period has left its mark too, literally. ▪ In the modern period some cycles or groups have also found their way into museums. ▪ But in the modern period, prestigious spaces had been found in which to celebrate machines. ▪ Governmental pluralism was not of course peculiar to the early modern period. science ▪ On the other hand, modern science was used to list a new vocabulary of transgression. ▪ His proposal can not succeed without undermining the whole of modern science. ▪ For this reason he had encouraged Claudia to enter these new, modern sciences. ▪ Fanatical, uncultured leaders, little versed in modern science, can not give us a solution. ▪ Indeed, it has been an outstandingly successful theory and underlies nearly all of modern science and technology. ▪ Viewed through this ideological lens, all of nature appeared to yield to the triumphant structure of knowledge that was modern science. ▪ Those who accept the general orientation of modern science may well find considerable difficulty in coming to grips with this main point. ▪ The way of the glaciers allowed him to fuse traditional creationism with the insights of modern science. society ▪ The source for the basic difference in taste is traced by Bourdieu to the different experiences of these classes in modern society. ▪ The Romantics had raised the alarm about the disintegration in modern society of much that is essential to the full human experience. ▪ Undoubtedly many of the apprehensions about mental handicap stem from the nature of modern society with its emphasis on achieving and competition. ▪ He observes, Those of us socialized in modern societies generally maintain an irrationally uncritical attitude toward new technologies. ▪ In modern societies, by contrast, direct symbolic violence between subjects declines. ▪ The varied strata of modern society present numerous challenges to surveillance. ▪ The dominant groups in modern societies, whose definition of reality is accepted, are not necessarily non-neurotic in Freud's sense. ▪ He has suggested that the socially held beliefs of modern society are qualitatively different from those of previous societies. standard ▪ Outside school - and maritime mishaps - community life was restricted when compared to modern standards. ▪ Such systems were usually, by modern standards, inequitable, exploitive, rigid, and inefficient. ▪ Boxers fought an enormous number of contests by modern standards to satisfy a working-class public who wanted to see regular bouts. ▪ Will these peoples continue to live in poverty and disease, or will they be brought up to modern standards of living? ▪ Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards. ▪ While slow by modern standards, it was considered fast in 1985. ▪ Although of limited accuracy by modern standards, the Scuds were reasonably successful at hitting large targets such as urban settlements. state ▪ The solid financial foundations required by a modern state had not been laid by 1603. ▪ But, at the same time, the apparatus of the modern State imposed a new order which strictly limited such freedom. ▪ Ever since the emergence of the modern state Tilly et al. 1975. ▪ But it would be highly destabilising for any modern state. ▪ The analytical techniques available to the bureaucracies of modern states are increasingly sophisticated. ▪ It is the provision of welfare, however, which distinguishes the modern state from previous states. style ▪ Daniel Hersheson then set to work on Pamela's hair, cutting it into a more tailored and modern style. ▪ Magnet's wide choice of kitchen units includes traditional and modern styles, and prices to fit any budget. ▪ A.R. What do you feel about working in the more modern style of play after your classical work with Stratford? ▪ Classic and modern styles, glowing with lights, colour, and gilding. ▪ Modern style After studying the above ballets it may well be asked what is modern style? ▪ Each is furnished in a modern style with private facilities and at least one balcony. ▪ He led Coffin to a bright back kitchen, furnished in the most modern style, with new canary-yellow paint. technology ▪ It's the age old battle of traditional skills versus modern technology. ▪ By using and learning about the hardware and software, developing country professionals will become familiar with a variety of modern technologies. ▪ They are quicker-thinking and have a grasp of modern technology. ▪ The arts, too, have been transformed by modern technology, though to a lesser extent than industry. ▪ The younger generation is used to Computer Assisted Learning and other modern technology which is an adjunct to learning. ▪ Its industries could not have failed to be impressive, since they have benefited from the latest advances of modern technology. ▪ It is modern technology all wrapped up without the cable to trip over, and the restriction of power point locations. ▪ Given modern technology, firms can be flexible vis-a-vis the market and vis-a-vis government plans. times ▪ This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times. ▪ On the street, amid the detritus of modern times, he was unknown. ▪ If we think those ancient people were silly, we should look to ourselves in modern times. ▪ It had never happened before, not in modern times. ▪ Again, in modern times office-staff attend to all calls and enquiries; who would, or could, breach these defences? ▪ But computerised turnstile operations have made it almost impossible to fiddle the attendance figures in modern times. ▪ It has been restored but not altered a great deal in modern times. ▪ In modern times, the demands we make have changed in some ways. version ▪ This effect is well established empirically and is dealt with by all modern versions of the standard associative model. ▪ Today, modern versions of windmills, called wind turbines, are used to create electricity. ▪ And out of this fascination with man two modern versions of him are born. ▪ Sun saloon 10, a modern version of the old cross-bench car, upon delivery in 1939. ▪ The modern versions of Taylorism are expressed in terms of job design and work study. ▪ They are, ironically, the modern version of the church of the Middle Ages. world ▪ As a criticism of the modern world, Fantasia of the Unconscious is a book to keep at hand and re-read. ▪ The development of printing was one of the most important events in the making of our modern world. ▪ Mathematics is becoming increasingly important in its applications and uses in the modern world. ▪ We shall lead up to it by starting where the modern world began, with the scientific revolution. ▪ This latest act of outrage reminds us of one of the great burdens of the modern world. ▪ Who is kidding whom that a middle-size country such as the United Kingdom is sovereign in the modern world? ▪ These groups have apparently been isolated from other humans for long periods of time and have no knowledge of the modern world. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a modern computer network ▪ Doherty is a professor of modern European history. ▪ Drugs have become the plague of the modern world. ▪ He'll receive the most modern medical treatment. ▪ I don't like modern architecture at all. ▪ I like both modern dance and classical ballet. ▪ Many criticisms have been made of modern farming methods. ▪ Seattle has a very modern public transportation system. ▪ The company occupies a bright, modern office building in the heart of the city. ▪ the horrors of modern warfare ▪ The most compelling work in the modern British theater is being created in the smaller and non-profit theaters. ▪ The prince is known for his critical views of modern architecture. ▪ The pyramids are a remarkable piece of engineering, even judged by modern standards. ▪ They're a very modern couple -- he stays at home with the kids and she goes out to work. ▪ We want to create a modern and uncluttered look in the new kitchen. ▪ Your work was my first route into an understanding of modern art. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In the mills additional factors have been rationalisation and the use of more modern machinery. ▪ The 1908 Act is an obsolete restriction that is not appropriate for modern mining methods. ▪ The root of the modern use of the term ideology lies with Marx. ▪ They will go anywhere in the world to research issues of concern to modern Christians.
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