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Modern English

Modern English proper noun: the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Proper noun

Modern English

  1. The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
    Synonyms:
    New English

Synonyms of Modern English

Questions about Modern English

What does Modern English mean?
Modern English means the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
What part of speech is Modern English?
Modern English is a proper noun.

Words near Modern English in the dictionary

  1. modern convenience
  2. modern conveniences
  3. modern dance
  4. Modern Danish
  5. Modern Defense
  6. Modern English
  7. modern era
  8. Modern French
  9. Modern Game
  10. modern girl
  11. modern girls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Modern English (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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