Usually means: English language post-fifteenth century evolution.
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  1. modern english: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. modern English: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Modern English: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Modern English: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Modern English: Vocabulary.com
  6. Modern English: Wordnik
  7. Modern English: Wiktionary
  8. Modern English: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Modern English: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Modern English, modern english: Dictionary.com
  11. Modern English (band), Modern English, Modern english: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Modern english: Rhymezone
  13. modern english: FreeDictionary.org
  14. modern english: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Modern English: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Modern English: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Modern English)

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

Similar:
New English, Great Vowel Shift, Early New English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan English, Classical English, Medieval English, more...

Opposite:
archaic, obsolete, antiquated, old-fashioned

Phrases:
Early Modern English, Modern English Bible translations, Modern English discography, Modern English Version, Garner's Modern English Usage, more...

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Similar:
New English, Great Vowel Shift, Early New English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan English, Classical English, Medieval English, more...

Opposite:
archaic, obsolete, antiquated, old-fashioned

Phrases:
Early Modern English, Modern English Bible translations, Modern English discography, Modern English Version, Garner's Modern English Usage, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, more...



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