modern

Pronunciation: ['mɒdәn]

Average Rank: 1845

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 现代人, 有思想的人 a. 现代的, 时髦的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a contemporary person
  • n. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
  • a. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
  • s. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: moderns

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#239

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.6% (Top 97.6% most frequent)
97.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#4339

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 56.6% (Top 56.6% most frequent)
56.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#957

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 90.4% (Top 90.4% most frequent)
90.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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