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modern times

modern times noun: synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).

Noun

modern times (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
    Synonyms:
    modern period or modern history

Synonyms of modern times

  • modern period or modern history

Questions about modern times

What does modern times mean?
Modern times means synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
What part of speech is modern times?
Modern times is a noun.

Words near modern times in the dictionary

  1. modern ruins
  2. Modern South Arabian
  3. Modern Standard Arabic
  4. modern studies
  5. modern synthesis
  6. modern times
  7. Modern Tupí
  8. Modern Turkish
  9. modern up
  10. modern-day
  11. moderne

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