See Also: modern-day(dictionary)
modern(dictionary)
modern(dictionary)
modern pentathlon(dictionary)
modern language(dictionary)
Tate Modern, the(dictionary)
Museum of Modern Art(dictionary)
modern dance(encyclopedia)
Modern (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
post-modern(dictionary)

Hibernian (iou) and modern (oh)


Hibernian (iou)



Hibernian adjective & noun. Also Hybernian, (earlier) Ibernian. E16.
[from Latin Hibernia Ireland alt. of I(u)verna, Iuberna from Greek I(w)erne from Celtic, whence also Irish eriu, (accus.) eirinn Erin, later Middle Irish eri, whence Old English iraland Ireland: see -AN, -IAN.]
A. adjective. Of or belonging to Ireland; Irish. E16.
b. noun. A native or inhabitant of Ireland; an Irishman, an Irishwoman. M16.

modern (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: modernus, from Latin modo 'just now', from modus; MODE]
[only before noun] belonging to the present time or most recent time
-synonym contemporary 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)
made or done using the most recent designs or methods
-synonym up-to-date up-to-date
::A lot of progress has been made with the use of modern technology .
::advances in modern medicine
::modern surgical techniques
[only before noun] modern Art, Music, literature etc uses styles that have been recently developed and are very different from traditional styles
-synonym contemporary contemporary
::an exhibition of modern Art
::modern Dance
having very recent attitudes or ways of behaving
-synonym progressive progressive
-opposite traditional traditional
::The school is very modern in its approach to sex Education.
-see also secondary modern