Collocations for "modern"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "modern" in context.
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modern
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- (do not) [like, understand] modern art
- modern art [museum, gallery]
- is a modern man
- in (today's) modern [times, world]
- with today's modern [standards, comforts]
- with all modern conveniences
- in the modern [world, age, workplace]
- the [pace, demands, stress] of modern life
- thanks to modern medicine
- with modern [technology, practices, procedures]
- modern [design, furniture]
- listens to modern [rock, jazz]
- studies modern history
- UK: modern attitudes to [mental illness, homosexuality]
- modern attitudes toward [mental illness]
- is a modern [version, example] of
- modern and [contemporary, traditional, comfortable, ancient]
- this [hotel, sofa] is so modern
- (do not) [like, understand] modern art
- modern art [museum, gallery]
- is a modern man
- in (today's) modern [times, world]
- with today's modern [standards, comforts]
- with all modern conveniences
- in the modern [world, age, workplace]
- the [pace, demands, stress] of modern life
- thanks to modern medicine
- with modern [technology, practices, procedures]
- modern [design, furniture]
- listens to modern [rock, jazz]
- studies modern history
- UK: modern attitudes to [mental illness, homosexuality]
- modern attitudes toward [mental illness]
- is a modern [version, example] of
- modern-day [people, society, version]
- modern and [contemporary, traditional, comfortable, ancient]
- this [hotel, sofa] is so modern
'modern' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Greek
- Pope
- abstract
- accomplishment
- advent
- alien
- ancestor
- ancient
- anxiety
- appliance
- architecture
- art
- attire
- barn
- beetle
- beginning
- birth
- boiler
- bookcase
- bookshelf
- build
- carving
- castle
- catalyst
- central
- clothing
- coming
- communication
- concept
- construct
- construction
- contemporary
- context
- convenience
- cuisine
- culture
- dad
- dawn
- demise
- depiction
- detection
- displacement
- drama
- embrace
- endowed
- era
- essential
- exhibition
- extreme
- facet