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modernest

modernest is the superlative form of modern.

Meaning of modern

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern or modernmost)

  1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
    • Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
    Synonyms:
    contemporary
  2. Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

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Questions about modernest

What is modernest the superlative form of?
Modernest is the superlative form of modern.

Words near modernest in the dictionary

  1. modern-day
  2. moderne
  3. moderned up
  4. moderner
  5. moderners
  6. modernest
  7. modernicide
  8. modernicides
  9. moderning up
  10. modernisable
  11. modernisation

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